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2 Samuel 15:1-2
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2 Samuel 15:1-2
International Standard Version
Absalom Instigates Civil War
15 Sometime later, Absalom acquired a chariot equipped with horses and recruited[a] 50 men to accompany[b] him.[c] 2 Then he[d] would get up early, stand near the passageway to the palace[e] gate, and when anyone arrived to file a legal complaint for a hearing before the king, Absalom would call to him and ask, “You’re from what city?” If[f] he replied, “Your servant is from one of Israel’s tribes,”
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- 2 Samuel 15:1 The Heb. lacks recruited
- 2 Samuel 15:1 Lit. to run before
- 2 Samuel 15:1 Cf. 1Sam 8:11
- 2 Samuel 15:2 Lit. Absalom
- 2 Samuel 15:2 The Heb. lacks palace
- 2 Samuel 15:2 The Heb. lacks If
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