2Sa 18:3 | NASB2020 | STEP | But the people said , “ You should not go out ; for if in fact we flee , they will not care about us; and if half of us die , they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us; so now it is better that you will be ready to help us from the city .”

2 Samuel 18:3

3 But the people said, “ ^aYou should not go out; for if in fact we flee, they will not care about us; and if half of us die, they will not care about us. But ^{▼▼As in some ancient versions; MT for now there are 10,000 like us}you are ^{▼▼Lit like us by 10,000}worth ten thousand of us; so now it is better that you will be ready to help us from the city.”