Then Absalom said,“ If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him,“ Why should he go with you?”

押沙龙说：“王若不去，求王许我哥哥暗嫩同去。”王说：“何必要他去呢？”

押沙龙说：“王若不去，请让我哥哥暗嫩与我们同去。”王对他说：“为何要他与你同去呢？”

押沙龙说：“王若不去，请让我哥哥暗嫩与我们同去。”王对他说：“为何要他与你同去呢？”

押沙龙说：“倘若王不去，求你叫我兄弟暗嫩去吧。”大卫说：“何必要他同去呢？”

押沙龙说：“王若是不去，求王让我的哥哥暗嫩与我一同去。”王问他：“为什么要他与你一同去呢？”

押沙龍說：「王若不去，求王許我哥哥暗嫩同去。」王說：「何必要他去呢？」

押沙龍說：「王若不去，請讓我哥哥暗嫩與我們同去。」王對他說：「為何要他與你同去呢？」

押沙龍說：「王若不去，請讓我哥哥暗嫩與我們同去。」王對他說：「為何要他與你同去呢？」

押沙龍說：「倘若王不去，求你叫我兄弟暗嫩去吧。」大衛說：「何必要他同去呢？」

押沙龍說：“王若是不去，求王讓我的哥哥暗嫩與我一同去。”王問他：“為甚麼要他與你一同去呢？”

押沙龍說：『不、求王許我哥哥暗嫩和我們一同去吧。』王對他說：『為甚麼要暗嫩和你一同去呢？』

押沙龍就說：「王不去的話，請讓我哥哥暗嫩與我們一起去。」王問他：「為什麼要他與你同去呢？」

押沙龍曰、如爾不往、則請許兄暗嫩偕往、王曰、彼偕爾往、曷故、

押沙龍曰、如爾不往、則兄暗嫩可偕我往、請爾俯允。王曰、彼往曷故。

押沙龍曰、如王不往、求許我兄暗嫩與我偕往、王謂之曰、彼何必往、

Then Absalom said,“ If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.” The king asked him,“ Why should he go with you?”

Then Absalom said,“ If you won’t come, please let my brother Amnon come with us.” The king asked him,“ Why should he go with you?”

“ Well, then,” Absalom said,“ if you can’t come, how about sending my brother Amnon with us?”“ Why Amnon?” the king asked.

“ If not,” Absalom said,“ please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king asked him,“ Why should he go with you?”

Then Absalom said,“ If not, please have my brother Amnon go with us.” But the king said to him,“ Why should he go with you?”

Then Absalom said,“ If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him,“ Why should he go with you?”

Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

“ If not,” Absalom said,“ please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king asked him,“ Why should he go with you?”

Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

Then Absalom said,“ If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king replied to him,“ Why should he go with you?”

Then Absalom said,“ If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him,“ Why should he go with you?”

His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

And Joab said to Amasa,“ Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.In the letter he wrote,“ Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die.”

And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.