2 Samuel 17:2-4

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²I will attack him while he is weary and discouraged,^[a] throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king^(A) ³and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you’re looking for, all^[b] the people will be at peace.” ⁴This proposal seemed right to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

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Footnotes

17:2 Lit and weak of hands
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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