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2 Samuel 15:5-7
Expanded Bible
2 Samuel 15:5-7
Expanded Bible
5 People would come near Absalom to ·bow to [prostrate themselves before] him. When they did, Absalom would reach out his hand and take hold of them and kiss them [C to show he treated them as his equals]. 6 Absalom did that to all the Israelites who came to King David for ·decisions [judgment]. In this way, Absalom stole the hearts of all Israel.
7 After four[a] years Absalom said to King David, “Please let me go to Hebron. I want to carry out my ·promise [vow] that I made to the Lord
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- 2 Samuel 15:7 four Some Greek copies read “four.” Hebrew copies read “forty.”
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