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Citizens: Loyal: David's Soldiers 2 Samuel 18:12, 13

The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’ / If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”

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Citizens: Loyal: David's Soldiers 2 Samuel 23:15, 16

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!” / So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

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