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2 Samuel 17:9-11
International Standard Version
2 Samuel 17:9-11
International Standard Version
9 Look! He’s probably already hiding in a cave or someplace like that. If the first attack fails, people will hear about it and think, ‘Absalom’s army is losing!’ 10 Then even men who would otherwise be as brave as lions will be scared, because every Israeli knows your father is a mighty man, and they know his men are valiant! 11 So here’s my advice: Muster everybody from one end of the country to the other![a] You’ll have an army in number like the sand on the seashore! Then you’ll go into battle!
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- 2 Samuel 17:11 Lit. from Dan to Beer-sheba; i.e. Hushai was stalling for time, since Dan was the northernmost Israeli city and Beer-sheba its southernmost.
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