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2 Samuel 16:11
New English Translation
2 Samuel 16:11
New English Translation
11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son, my very own flesh and blood,[a] is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him.
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- 2 Samuel 16:11 tn Heb “who came out from my entrails.” David’s point is that is his own son, his child whom he himself had fathered, was now wanting to kill him.
2 Samuel 16:11
New International Version
2 Samuel 16:11
New International Version
11 David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son,(A) my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.(B)
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