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2 Samuel 16:19-21
Easy-to-Read Version
2 Samuel 16:19-21
Easy-to-Read Version
19 In the past, I served your father. So now I will serve you, David’s son.”
Absalom Asks Ahithophel for Advice
20 Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Please tell us what we should do.”
21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Your father left some of his slave women here to take care of the house. Go and have sexual relations with them. Then all the Israelites will hear how you humiliated your father, and they will be encouraged to give you more support.”
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2 Samuel 16:19-21
New International Version
2 Samuel 16:19-21
New International Version
19 Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve the son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”(A)
20 Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”
21 Ahithophel answered, “Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be more resolute.”
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