2 Samuel 19:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 You love your enemies and hate those who love you! Today you have made it clear that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. In fact, today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would be fine with you![a]
7 “Now get up! Go out and encourage[b] your soldiers, for I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will remain with you tonight.(A) This will be worse for you than all the trouble that has come to you from your youth until now!”
8 So the king got up and sat in the gate,(B) and all the people were told: “Look, the king is sitting in the gate.” Then they all came into the king’s presence.
Meanwhile, each Israelite had fled to his tent.(C)
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- 2 Samuel 19:6 Lit be right in your eyes
- 2 Samuel 19:7 Lit speak to the heart of
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