Verse 13
2 Samuel 17:13
English Revised Version
13
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אִם אֶל עִיר֙ יֵֽאָסֵ֔ף וְ/הִשִּׂ֧יאוּ כָֽל יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל הָ/עִ֥יר הַ/הִ֖יא חֲבָלִ֑ים וְ/סָחַ֤בְנוּ אֹת/וֹ֙ עַד הַ/נַּ֔חַל עַ֛ד אֲשֶֽׁר לֹא נִמְצָ֥א שָׁ֖ם גַּם צְרֽוֹר
English Translation
And if he is gathered to a city, then all Israel shall carry him to that city, with ropes, and we will drag him to the river until nothing is found there, not even a scrap.
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Chapter 17 Context
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Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise a...
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and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the pe...
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and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so...
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And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
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And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.
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Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chaf...
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