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2 Samuel 17:9
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
ἰδοὺ γὰρ αὐτὸς νῦν κέκρυπται ἐν ἑνὶ τῶν βουνῶν ἤ ἐν ἑνὶ τῶν τόπων· καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ ἐπιεσεῖν αὐτοῖς ἐν ἀρχῇ καὶ ἀκούςῃ ἀκούων, καὶ εἶπεν Ἐγενήθη θραῦσις ἐν τῷ λαῷ τῷ ὀπίσω Ἀβεσσαλωμ·
Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first (note: Or If he should attack your troops first), whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’