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2 Samuel 17:7-9
Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 17:7-9
Christian Standard Bible
7 Hushai replied to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has given this time is not good.” 8 Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs.(A) Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people. 9 He’s probably already hiding in one of the caves[a] or some other place. If some of our troops fall[b] first, someone is sure to hear and say, ‘There’s been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’
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