2 Samuel 20:18
16 a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”
17 When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.
Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
19 I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
20 “Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Da sa hun: Før pleide folk å si så: En skal spørre seg for i Abel, og så utførte de det.
- OTB
- Da talte hun og sa, "De pleide å si i tidligere tider, 'La dem spørre om råd i Abel,' og slik løste de tvister.
- B1930
- Da sa hun: Før pleide folk å si så: En skal spørre sig for i Abel, og så utførte de det.
- BSB
- Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
- KJV
- Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
- WEB
- Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.
- ASV
- Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter].
- DARBY
- And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.
- BLB
- And she spoke, saying, “They spoke often in former [times], saying, ‘Let them diligently ask at Abel,’ and so they finished.
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Deuteronomy 20:10–11
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
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