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2 Samuel 17:1-3
Lexham English Bible
2 Samuel 17:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Hushai Frustrates the Counsel of Ahithophel
17 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue after David tonight.[a] 2 I will come upon him while he is weary and weak.[b] I will startle him, and all of the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king while he is alone. 3 Then I will return all the people to you; when all have returned, the man whom you are seeking will be dead,[c] but all the people will be safe.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:1 Literally “the night”
- 2 Samuel 17:2 Literally “slack of hands”
- 2 Samuel 17:3 According to the MT; the LXX has “and I will return all the people to you the way a bride returns to her husband, except the life of the one man whom you are seeking”
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