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- ↑ "Nitzevet, Mother of David - The bold voice of silence". www.chabad.org. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ Talmud Tractate Bava Batra 91a
- ↑ Nitzevet, Mother of David
- ↑ 1 Samuel 17:13
- ↑ 2 Samuel 17:25
- ↑ 1 Samuel 22:3–4
- ↑ Psalms 86:16