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The Lord has punished you for[a] all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!” 10 But the king said, “What do we have in common,[b] you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David!,’ who can say to him, ‘Why have you done this?’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 16:8 tn Heb “has brought back upon you.”
  2. 2 Samuel 16:10 tn Heb “What to me and to you?”

The Lord has repaid you for all the blood you shed in the household of Saul, in whose place you have reigned.(A) The Lord has given the kingdom into the hands of your son Absalom. You have come to ruin because you are a murderer!”(B)

Then Abishai(C) son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog(D) curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.”(E)

10 But the king said, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah?(F) If he is cursing because the Lord said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why do you do this?’”(G)

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