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“Avner had lived too long and become too canny to claim the crown of Israel for himself.”
“David set me to learn other skills, too, in those days of restless waiting.”
“Curiosity – if not desire, if not plain kindness – might have led him to greater zeal.”
“You don't need a prophet to tell you to eat.”
“Men raised in a culture of blood revenge do not change in a day.”
“Finally, we were notorious enough to give our enemies pause.”
“The stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip.”