But the people said, “(A)You should not go out; for if we indeed flee, they will not care about us; even if half of us die, they will not care about us. But [a]you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that you be ready to help us from the city.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 18:3 So with some ancient versions; M.T. for now there are ten thousand like us