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2 Samuel 13:34

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But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.

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  1. 2 Samuel 13:32

    And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

  2. 2 Samuel 13:33

    Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

  3. 2 Samuel 13:35

    And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.

  4. 2 Samuel 13:36

    And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

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