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32 Then David’s nephew Jonadab (son of David’s brother Shimeah) told the king the truth.

Jonadab: My lord, don’t worry that all your sons are dead. Only Amnon has been killed by Absalom, and his fate has been certain since the day he raped his sister Tamar, for Absalom has known that he would repay Amnon for his terrible deed. 33 So, my lord, don’t grieve as though your line was extinguished, for only your son Amnon is dead.

34 Absalom fled.

When the young watchman at the palace looked up, he saw a group of people coming down the road behind him around the mountain.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:34 Greek manuscripts read, “The watchman went to tell the king, ‘When I look toward Horonaim, I see men on the side of the hill.’”

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