2 Samuel 18:4-6

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⁴ The king said to his people, “I will do what ·you think is best [^Lis good in your sight/eyes].” So the king stood at the side of the gate as the army went out in groups of a hundred and a thousand.

⁵ The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Be gentle with young Absalom for my sake.” Everyone heard the king’s orders to the commanders about Absalom.

⁶ David’s army went out into the field against ·Absalom’s Israelites [Israel], and they fought in the forest of Ephraim.