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2 Samuel 18:1-2
New Living Translation
2 Samuel 18:1-2
New Living Translation
Absalom’s Defeat and Death
18 David now mustered the men who were with him and appointed generals and captains[a] to lead them. 2 He sent the troops out in three groups, placing one group under Joab, one under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and one under Ittai, the man from Gath. The king told his troops, “I am going out with you.”
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- 18:1 Hebrew appointed commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
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