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2 Samuel 20:18

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Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;’ and so they settled a matter.

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2 Samuel 20:18 in other translations

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

2 Samuel 20:18 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 20:18 in context

  1. 16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’ ”
  2. 17He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?”
    He answered, “I am.”
    Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.”
    He answered, “I’m listening.”
  3. 18Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;’ and so they settled a matter.
  4. 19I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up Yahweh’s inheritance?”
  5. 20Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.