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2 Samuel 17 from Scroll 4Q51 Samuela 2 I
will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid.
All the people who are with him will flee. I will
strike the king only, 3 and I will
bring back all the people to you. [..] 23 When
Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home, to his
city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father. 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the
Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 25 Absalom
set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man
whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of [..] 29 honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.
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