2 Samuel 17:4
“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
4And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
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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.
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.
— 2 Samuel 17:4 —
5And Absalom said, Call now also Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what is in his mouth, even in his also.
6And Hushai went in to Absalom, and Absalom spoke to him, saying, After this manner spoke Ahithophel: shall we do according to his word? but if not, do thou speak.