28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch now, when Amnon’s (A)heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and [a]valiant.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:28 Lit. sons of valor

14 Then Joab said, “I cannot linger with you.” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart, while he was still alive in the midst of the terebinth tree.

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25 So King Solomon sent by the hand of (A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him down, and he died.

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(A)The [a]high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
And the [b]sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
(B)I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:9 Places of pagan worship
  2. Amos 7:9 Or holy places

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