2 Samuel 20:18 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹⁸ Then she said, “They used to say in the old days, ‘Let them inquire at Abel’; and so they would settle a matter.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Then she said, People used to say, Let them but ask counsel at Abel, and so they settled the matter.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ She said, “People used to say long ago: ‘Ask your question at Abel,’ and that settled the matter.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And again she spoke: "A word was said in the old proverb, 'Those who would inquire, let them inquire in Abel.' And so they would reach a conclusion.

2 Samuel 20:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:17

He came near her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Listen to the words of your servant.” He answered, “I am listening.”

2 Samuel 20:19

I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel; you seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel; why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”