Judges 17:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 [a]He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you pronounced a curse and even said it in my hearing—I have that silver. I took it. So now I will restore it to you.” Then his mother said, “May my son be blessed by the Lord!”
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- 17:2 The narrator picks up the story after a number of events, including a theft and a mother’s curse, have already taken place.
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