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4 The king covered his face, and he cried with a loud voice, |My son Absalom, Absalom, my son.| 5 Then Joab went into the house to the king, and said, |Today you have humiliated the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and of your daughters and the lives of your wives and the lives of your secondary wives; 6 by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you. For you know that if Absalom were alive today, and all of us had died, then you would be pleased. 2 Samuel 19:4-6, New Heart English Bible. Public domain.
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