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2 Samuel 17:9-11
Common English Bible
2 Samuel 17:9-11
Common English Bible
9 Even now he has probably hidden himself in one of the caves or some other place. When some of the troops[a] fall in the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘The soldiers who follow Absalom have been defeated!’ 10 Then even the bravest soldier, whose heart is like a lion’s, will melt in fear because all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave. 11 So I would advise that all the Israelites, from Dan to Beer-sheba—a group as countless as sand on the seashore—be summoned to join you, and that you yourself go into battle.
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- 2 Samuel 17:9 LXX
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