en_tn/2sa/17/21.md

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## It came about ##
"It happened"
## Jonathan and Ahimaaz ##
See how you translated these men's names in [2 Samuel 15:27](../15/27.md).
## cross quickly over the water ##
Here "the water" refers to the Jordan River. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
## has given such and such advice ##
This refers to what Ahithophel advised Absalom, which is recorded in [2 Samuel 17:1](./01.md). So, the writer does not repeat that here. AT: "has advised that Absalom send him to attack you now." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
## By morning daylight not one of them had failed to cross over the Jordan ##
AT: "By morning daylight they had all crossed the Jordan." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])