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09-1SA/10.usfm

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 \v 11 When everyone who knew him before saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people said to each other, "What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul one of the prophets now?"
-\v 12 A man who was from that same place answered, "And who is their father?" Because of this, it became a saying, "Is Saul also one of the prophets?"
+\v 12 A man who was from that same place answered, "Then who is their father?" Because of this, it became a saying, "Is Saul also one of the prophets?"
 \v 13 When he finished prophesying, he came to the high place.
 
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10-2SA/18.usfm

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-\v 28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "All is well." And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has delivered the men who raised up their hand against my master the king."
+\v 28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "All is well." He bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Blessed be Yahweh your God! He has delivered the men who lifted up their hand against my master the king."
 \v 29 So the king replied, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent me, the king's servant, to you, king, I saw a great disturbance, but I did not know what it was."
 \v 30 Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So Ahimaaz turned aside, and stood still.
 

10-2SA/19.usfm

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 \v 7 Now therefore get up and go out and speak kindly to your soldiers, for I swear by Yahweh, if you do not go, not one man will remain with you tonight. That would be worse for you than all the disasters that have ever happened to you from your youth until now."
-\v 8 So the king got up and sat in the city gate, and it was told to all the men, "Look, the king is sitting in the gate." Then all the people came before the king.
-\p And Israel fled, every man to his home.
+\v 8 So the king got up and sat in the city gate, and all the people were told, "Look, the king is sitting in the gate," and all the people came before the king.
+\p So Israel fled, every man to his home.
 
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-\v 9 All the people were arguing with each other throughout all the tribes of Israel saying, "The king rescued us out of the hand of our enemies. He saved us out of the hand of the Philistines and now he has run out of the country from Absalom.
-\v 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. So why are we not talking about bringing the king back?"
+\v 9 All the people were arguing with each other throughout all the tribes of Israel saying, "The king rescued us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines, but now he has run out of the land because of Absalom.
+\v 10 Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"
 
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 \v 11 King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah saying, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace, since the talk of all Israel favors the king, to bring him back to his palace?
 \v 12 You are my brothers, my flesh and bone. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?'
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-\v 13 And say to Amasa, 'Are you not my flesh and my bone? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of my army from now on in the place of Joab.'"
-\v 14 And he won the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent to the king saying, "Return, you and all your men."
-\v 15 So the king returned and came to the Jordan. And the men of Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king, to escort the king over the Jordan.
+\v 13 Then say to Amasa, 'Are you not my flesh and my bone? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of my army from now on in the place of Joab.'"
+\v 14 So he won the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man. They sent to the king saying, "Return, you and all your men."
+\v 15 So the king returned and came to the Jordan. Now the men of Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king and then to bring the king across the Jordan.
 
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 \v 24 Then Mephibosheth son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had not dressed his feet, or trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he came home in peace.
-\v 25 And so when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"
+\v 25 So when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"
 
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 \v 26 He answered, "My master the king, my servant deceived me, for I said, 'I will saddle a donkey so I may ride on it and go with the king, because your servant is lame.'

10-2SA/20.usfm

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 \v 20 So Joab answered and said, "Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
 \v 21 That is not true. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim, named Sheba son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city." The woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown to you over the wall."
-\v 22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew the trumpet and Joab's men left the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
+\v 22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew the trumpet and Joab's men left the city, every man to his home. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
 
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10-2SA/21.usfm

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 \v 3 So King David called together the Gibeonites and said to them, "What should I do for you? How can I make atonement, so that you may bless the people of Yahweh, who inherit his goodness and promises?"
 
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-\v 4 The Gibeonites responded to him, "It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his family. And it is not for us to put any man to death in Israel." David replied, "Whatever you will ask, that is what I will do for you."
+\v 4 The Gibeonites responded to him, "It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his family. In the same way it is not for us to put to death any man in Israel." David replied, "What are you saying that I should do for you?"
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 \v 5 They answered the king, "The man who tried to kill us all, who schemed against us, so that we are now destroyed and have no place within the borders of Israel—
 \v 6 let seven men from his descendants be handed over to us, and we will hang them before Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the one chosen by Yahweh." So the king said, "I will give them to you."
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 \v 20 It came about in another battle at Gath that there was a man of great height who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number. He also was descended from the Rephaim.
-\v 21 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shammah, David's brother, killed him.
+\v 21 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shammah, David's brother, killed him.
 \v 22 These were descendants of the Rephaim of Gath, and they were killed by the hand of David and by the hand of his soldiers.
 
 

10-2SA/22.usfm

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 \q He was seen on the wings of the wind.
 \f + \ft Some versions have, \fqa He flew on the wings of the wind. \fqb \f*
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-\v 12 And he made darkness a tent around him,
+\v 12 He made darkness a tent around him,
 \q gathering heavy rain clouds in the skies.
 
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-\v 32 For who is God except Yahweh?
-\q And who is a rock except our God?
+\v 32 For who is God except Yahweh,
+\q and who is a rock except our God?
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 \v 33 God is my refuge,
 \q and he leads the blameless person on his path.

10-2SA/23.usfm

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 \v 20 Benaiah from Kabzeel was the son of Jehoiada; he was a strong man who did mighty feats. He killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down into a pit and killed a lion while it was snowing.
-\v 21 And he killed a very large Egyptian man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah fought against him with only a staff. He seized the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and then killed him with his own spear.
+\v 21 Then he killed a very large Egyptian man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah fought against him with only a staff. He seized the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and then killed him with his own spear.
 
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 \v 22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada did these feats, and he was named alongside the three mighty men.

10-2SA/24.usfm

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 \v 15 So Yahweh sent a plague on Israel from the morning to a fixed time, and seventy thousand people died from Dan to Beersheba.
-\v 16 When the angel reached out with his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh changed his mind about the harm, and said to the angel who was destroying people, "Enough! Now draw back your hand." At that time the angel of Yahweh was standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
+\v 16 When the angel reached out with his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh changed his mind because of the harm it would cause, and he said to the angel who was destroying people, "Enough! Now draw back your hand." At that time the angel of Yahweh was standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
 
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-\v 17 And David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who had attacked the people, and said, "I have sinned, and I have acted perversely. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand punish me and my father's family!"
+\v 17 Then David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who had attacked the people, and said, "I have sinned, and I have acted perversely. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand punish me and my father's family!"
 
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