⁸ The Lord has repaid you for all the blood you shed in the household of Saul, in whose place you have reigned.^(A) The Lord has given the kingdom into the hands of your son Absalom. You have come to ruin because you are a murderer!”^(B)

¹³ If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley^(A) until not so much as a pebble is left.”