2Sa 17:9 | ESV | STEP | Behold , even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place . And as soon as some of the people fall at the first attack, whoever hears it will say , There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom .

2 Samuel 17:9

9 Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall ^{▼▼Or And as he falls on them} at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’