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2 Samuel 16:19-21
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 16:19-21
English Standard Version
19 And again, (A)whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”
20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel. What shall we do?” 21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to (B)your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and (C)the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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