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1 And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth,

1 Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him. 2

1 Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king’s heart was turning to Absalom. 2

1 And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and

1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go

1 In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went

1 Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he,