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# Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God?
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The woman asks this rhetorical question to rebuke David for how he has treated Absalom. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "What you have just said proved that you did wrong." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# the king is like someone who is guilty
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The woman compares the king to someone who is guilty to suggest that he is guilty without saying it directly. Alternate translation: "the king has declared himself guilty"
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# his banished son
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"his son whom he banished"
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