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23 Two years later Absalom's sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king's sons. 24 Then Absalom went to the king and said, |My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me.| 25 But the king said to Absalom, |No, my son. We shouldn't all go. We shouldn't burden you in that way.| Though Absalom pressed him, the king was not willing to go. Instead, David blessed him. 26 Then Absalom said, |If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us.| The king replied to him, |Why should he go with you?| 27 But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king's sons along with him. 2 Samuel 13:23-27, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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