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2 Samuel 20:18
NIV:  She continued, "Long ago they used to say, 'Get your answer at Abel,' and that settled it.
NAS:  Then she spoke, saying, "Formerly they used to say, 'They will surely ask advice at Abel,' and thus they ended the dispute.
KJV:  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.
GWT:  So she said, "There's an old saying: 'Be sure to ask at Abel [before doing anything]. That's the way they settle matters.'
ASV:  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 .
BBE:  Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?
DBY:  And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.
DRB:  And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end.
WBS:  Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They will surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
WEB:  Then she spoke, saying, "They were used to say in old times, 'They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;' and so they settled it.
YLT:  and she speaketh, saying, 'They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.

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