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Then Joabcame 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 showntoday that princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that ifAbsalom were alive and all of us were deadtoday, then you would be pleased*.