Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of the people fall at the first attack, that whosoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

First. Hebrew, "If they attack them at first. "(Calmet) Report will easily represent the engagement as unfavourable to Absalom; and this will be readily believed, as all are convinced of David's valour. (Haydock) Nothing ought to be risked in such beginnings. (Calmet)

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