He’s probably already hiding in one of the caves[a] or some other place. If some of our troops fall[b] first, someone is sure to hear and say, ‘There’s been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’ 10 Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion(A) will lose heart[c] because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors. 11 Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba—as numerous as the sand by the sea(B)—be gathered to you and that you personally go into battle.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:9 Or pits, or ravines
  2. 17:9 Lit And it will be when a falling on them at
  3. 17:10 Lit melt

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