2 Samuel 18
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2 Samuel 18:1-3

1Then DavidH1732 1numberedH6485 the peopleH5971 whoH834 were with him and 2setH7760 overH5921 them commandersH8269 of thousandsH505 and commandersH8269 of hundredsH3967.

2DavidH1732 sentH7971 the peopleH5971 out, 3one thirdH7992 under the 4commandH3027 of JoabH3097, one thirdH7992 under the 5commandH3027 of AbishaiH52 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870, Joab’sH3097 brotherH251, and one thirdH7992 under the 6commandH3027 of 7IttaiH863 the GittiteH1663. And the kingH4428 saidH559 to the peopleH5971, “I myselfH589 will surelyH3318 goH3318 out with you alsoH1571.”

3But the peopleH5971 saidH559, “8You should not goH3318 out; for ifH518 we indeedH5127 fleeH5127, they will not careH7760H3820 aboutH413 us; even ifH518 halfH2677 of us dieH4191, they will not careH7760H3820 aboutH413 us. But 9you are worth tenH6235 thousandH505 of us; therefore nowH6258 it is betterH2896 that you be ready to helpH5826 us from the cityH5892.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 18:1 Lit mustered ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 18:1 Ex 18:25; Num 31:14; 1 Sam 22:7 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 18:2 Judg 7:16; 1 Sam 11:11 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 18:2 Lit hand ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 18:2 Lit hand ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 18:2 Lit hand ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 18:2 2 Sam 15:19-22 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 18:3 2 Sam 21:17 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 18:3 So with some ancient versions; M.T. for now there are ten thousand like us ↩

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