³ But the people said, Thou shalt not go·​·out; for if fleeing we flee, they will not set their heart to^▵ us; and if half of us die, they will not set their heart to^▵ us; for thou^◦ art as^▵ ten thousand of us; and now it is better that thou shouldest help us from the city.

³⁴ But if thou return to the city, and wilt say to Absalom, I^◦ am thy servant, O king; I have been the servant of thy father, even^▵ I^◦ from that·​·time^▵; but now even^▵ I^◦ will be thy servant; then thou shalt make· the counsel of Ahithophel ·of·​·none·​·effect for me.