2 Samuel 17:4

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2 Samuel 17:4 (WEB)
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

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Jerome, Letters Letter 39
“And David, who, after interceding in vain for the life of his infant child, refused to weep for it, knowing that it had not sinned, did well to weep for a son who had been a parricide—in will, if not in deed.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xvii. 1–4.
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