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2 Samuel 19:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 19:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 with him were a thousand people from Benjamin. And Ziba, the servant of the house of Saul, with his fifteen sons and his twenty servants, rushed down to the Jordan ahead of the king(A) 18 while the crossing was taking place,[a] to bring over the king’s household and to do his pleasure.
David’s Mercy to Shimei
Shimei son of Gera fell down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan 19 and said to the king, “May my lord not hold me guilty or remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem; may the king not bear it in mind.(B)
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- 19.18 Cn: Heb the ford crossed
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