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2 Samuel 17:3

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and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”

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2 Samuel 17:3 in other translations

and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

2 Samuel 17:3 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 17:3 in context

  1. 1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
  2. 2I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
  3. 3and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
  4. 4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
  5. 5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”