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12 You are my brothers. You are my flesh and blood.[a] Why will you be the last to bring back the king?”

13 He also said, “Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? May God punish me severely and double it,[b] if you are not the permanent commander of my army in place of Joab.’”

14 David turned the hearts of all the men of Judah as if they were one man. They sent to the king and said, “Return, you and all your servants.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:12 Literally my bone and flesh
  2. 2 Samuel 19:13 Literally may God do this to me and even more