Holy Scripture
2 Samuel 17:3
A church father on this verse
“There is nothing so foreign to a Christian soul as haughtiness. Haughtiness, I say, not boldness nor courage, for these are congenial. But these are one thing, and that another; so too humility is one thing, and meanness, flattery, and adulation another. I will now, if you wish, give you examples of all these qualitie…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3And I will bring back all the people to thee, as a bride returns to her husband: only thou seekest the life of one man, and all the people shall have peace.
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In context
1And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out for myself twelve thousand men, and I will arise and follow after David this night:
2and I will come upon him when he is weary and weakhanded, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will smite the king only of all.
— 2 Samuel 17:3 —
4And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
5And Absalom said, Call now also Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what is in his mouth, even in his also.