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2 Samuel 15:5-7
International Standard Version
2 Samuel 15:5-7
International Standard Version
5 Furthermore, if a man approached him to bow down in front of him, he would put out his hand, grab him, and embrace him. 6 By doing all of this to anyone who came to the king for a hearing, Absalom stole the loyalty[a] of the men of Israel.
7 And so it was that forty[b] years after Israel had demanded a king,[c] Absalom asked the king, “Please let me go to Hebron so I can pay my vow that I made to the Lord,
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- 2 Samuel 15:6 Lit. hearts
- 2 Samuel 15:7 So MT and LXX; Syr Peshitta and Lucian recension of LXX read four
- 2 Samuel 15:7 The Heb. lacks after Israel had demanded a king; i.e. about ten years before David began his reign. Or forty years after David’s anointing at Bethlehem; cf. 1Sam 16:13
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