2 Samuel 20:18

In 11 translations

BSB

Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

KJV

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…: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end

WEB

Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.

ASV

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.

LSV

And she speaks, saying, “They spoke often in former times, saying, Let them diligently inquire at Abel, and so they finished.

YLT

and she speaketh, saying, 'They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.

DBY

And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

DRC

And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end.

GNV

Then shee spake thus, They spake in the olde time, saying, They shoulde aske of Abel. and so haue they continued.

JPS

Then she spoke, saying: 'They were wont to speak in old time, saying: They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they ended the matter.

LXXE

And she spoke, saying, Of old time they said thus, Surely one was asked in Abel, and Dan, whether the faithful in Israel failed in what they purposed; they will surely ask in Abel, even in like manner, whether they have failed.Gr. they spoke a word among the first, saying.

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WLC

וַתֹּ֖אמֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר דַּבֵּ֨ר יְדַבְּר֤וּ בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר שָׁאֹ֧ל יְשָׁאֲל֛וּ בְּאָבֵ֖ל וְכֵ֥ן הֵתַֽמּוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε λέγουσα, λόγον ἐλάλησαν ἐν πρώτοις, λέγοντες, ἠρωτημένος ἠρωτήθη ἐν τῇ Ἀβὲλ καὶ ἐν Δὰν εἰ ἐξέλιπον ἃ ἔθεντο οἱ πιστοὶ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· ἐρωτῶντες ἐπερωτήσουσιν ἐν Ἀβὲλ, καὶ οὕτως εἰ ἐξέλιπον.

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• Deuteronomy 20:10–11When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace. If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

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