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2 Samuel 18:52Sam.18.5

And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, [Deal] gently for my sake with the young man, [even] with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Le roi donna cet ordre à Joab, à Abischaï et à Ittaï: Pour l'amour de moi, doucement avec le jeune Absalom! Et tout le peuple entendit l'ordre du roi à tous les chefs au sujet d'Absalom.

KJV

And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, [Deal] gently for my sake with the young man, [even] with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 182 (Migne)

    Joan. XI, 48) . Judicium vero amoris, ut David de filio parricida: Parcite, inquit, puero Absalon (II Reg. XVIII, 5) . Et legibus humanis statutum, et in causis, tam ecclesiasticis, quam saecularibus servatum scio, speciales amicos causantium non debere admitti ad judicium: ne…

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