Ii Samuelis 20:18

Rursumque illa: Sermo, inquit, dicebatur in veteri proverbio: Qui interrogant, interrogent in Abela: et sic perficiebant.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17Qui cum accessisset ad eam, ait illi: Tu es Joab? Et ille respondit: Ego. Ad quem sic locuta est: Audi sermones ancillæ tuæ. Qui respondit: Audio.

19Nonne ego sum quæ respondeo veritatem in Israël, et tu quæris subvertere civitatem et evertere matrem in Israël? quare præcipitas hæreditatem Domini? + 20.19 Nonne. RAB. Iste est sermo legis, in qua jubetur ut filii Isræl ingressi terram Chanaan prius pacem offerant, et eos qui pacem susceperint, tributarios faciant; eos vero qui non susceperint, deleant: ideo mulier sapiens exclamasse dicitur Nonne. Quasi: Cur destruis hanc civitatem antequam pacem offeras secundum legem? cur non servas legem Isrælitis, quæ olim servata est alienigenis.

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