2 Samuel 15:34

But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.

Joshua 8:2

And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.

2 Samuel 15:20

It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.

2 Samuel 16:16-19

Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!

2 Samuel 17:5-14

Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.

Matthew 10:16

See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

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Summary

But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

As i have been

Then mayest

Bible References

As i have been

2 Samuel 16:16
Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!

Then mayest

2 Samuel 17:5
Then Absalom said, Now send for Hushai the Archite, and let us give ear to what he has to say.

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