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2 Samuel 17:3
And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.
2 Samuel 17:3 · Bible in Basic English
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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.
and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
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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In context
1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:
2 And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:
3 And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.
4 And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
5 Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.
6 And when Hushai came, Absalom said to him, This is what Ahithophel has said: are we to do as he says? if not, what is your suggestion?
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