and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you’re looking for, all[a] the people will be at peace.” This proposal seemed right to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite also. Let’s hear what he has to say as well.”

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Footnotes

  1. 17:3 LXX reads to you as a bride returns to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all

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