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2 Samuel 17:1-3
New Living Translation
2 Samuel 17:1-3
New Living Translation
17 Now Ahithophel urged Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men to start out after David tonight. 2 I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged. He and his troops will panic, and everyone will run away. Then I will kill only the king, 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride returns to her husband. After all, it is only one man’s life that you seek.[a] Then you will be at peace with all the people.”
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- 17:3 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads like the return of all is the man whom you seek.
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