2 Samuel 17:9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
9 Even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits, or in some other place. And when some of our troops[a] fall at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, “There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.” 10 Then even the valiant warrior, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt with fear; for all Israel knows that your father is a warrior, and that those who are with him are valiant warriors. 11 But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beer-sheba, like the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.
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- 2 Samuel 17:9 Gk Mss: Heb some of them
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