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The
king covered his
face and
cried out with a
loud voice, "O my
son Absalom, O
Absalom, my
son, my
son!"
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Then
Joab came into the
house to the
king and
said,
"Today you have
covered with
shame the
faces of
all your
servants, who
today have
saved your
life and the
lives of your
sons and
daughters, the
lives of your
wives, and the
lives of your
concubines,
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by
loving those who
hate you, and by
hating those who
love you. For you have
shown today that
princes and
servants are
nothing to you; for I
know this
day that
if Absalom were
alive and
all of us were
dead today,
then you would be
pleased *.
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