But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succor us out of the city.Thou shalt 2Sa 21:17
if we flee 2Sa 17:2 1Ki 22:31 Zec 13:7
care for us [heb] set {their} heart on us
but now The particle {dittah}, NOW, is doubtless a mistake for the pronoun {attah}, THOU: and so it appears to have been read by the LXX. Vulgate, and Chaldee, and by {two} of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS
worth, etc. [heb] as ten thousand of us La 4:20
succour [heb] be to succour 2Sa 10:11 Ex 17:10-12

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