2 Samuel 20:18
And she will say, saying, They will speak the word in the beginning, saying, They will ask an asking in Abel: and thus they finished.
Deuteronomy 20:10-11
When thou shalt come near to a city to war against it, and call peace to it.
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Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
They were wont, etc
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They were wont, etc
Deuteronomy 20:10
When thou shalt come near to a city to war against it, and call peace to it.