2 Samuel 17:9

Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’

Note Or If he should attack your troops first

BSB · Berean Standard Bible
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

Note overthrown: Heb. fallen

KJV · King James Version
Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
WEB · World English Bible
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

he is hid
Judges 20:33; 1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Samuel 24:3
some
Joshua 7:5; Joshua 8:6; Judges 20:32; 1 Samuel 14:14, 15