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2 Samuel 20:18-20
Revised Standard Version
2 Samuel 20:18-20
Revised Standard Version
18 Then she said, “They were wont to say in old time, ‘Let them but ask counsel at Abel’; and so they settled a matter. 19 I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel; you seek to destroy a city which is a mother in Israel; why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?” 20 Jo′ab answered, “Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy!
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