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14 The king and all the people who were with him reached the Jordan River[a] exhausted, and he rested there.

Ahithophel’s advice

15 Now Absalom and all the Israelites entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him. 16 Then David’s friend Hushai, who was from Erek, approached Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 16:14 LXX; MT lacks the Jordan River.

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