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2 Samuel 15:6-8
Good News Translation
2 Samuel 15:6-8
Good News Translation
6 Absalom did this with every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, and so he won their loyalty.
7 After four[a] years Absalom said to King David, “Sir, let me go to Hebron and keep a promise I made to the Lord. 8 While I was living in Geshur in Syria, I promised the Lord that if he would take me back to Jerusalem, I would worship him in Hebron.”[b]
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- 2 Samuel 15:7 Some ancient translations four; Hebrew forty.
- 2 Samuel 15:8 One ancient translation in Hebron; Hebrew does not have these words.
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