2 Samuel 20:18
She said, "In the past they would always say, 'Let them inquire in Abel,' and that is how they settled things.
Deuteronomy 20:10-11
When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.
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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 you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.