2 Samuel 3:38-39 English Standard Version (ESV)

38. And the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

39. And I was gentle today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. The Lord repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!”

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