Verse 2

When he fought against Aram-Naharaim and Aram-Zobah, and Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 7:14 : 14 if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land.
  • Isa 30:26 : 26 The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up his people’s wounds and heals the injuries he has inflicted.
  • Jer 4:24 : 24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure His wrath.
  • Jer 14:17 : 17 You are to speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day without ceasing, for the virgin daughter of my people has suffered a great shattering—a crushing blow, a grievous wound.'
  • Jer 30:17 : 17 For I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast, saying, 'This is Zion; no one cares for her.'
  • Jer 48:38 : 38 On every rooftop of Moab and in its public squares, there is nothing but lamentation. For I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants, declares the LORD.
  • Lam 2:13 : 13 What can I say on your behalf? To what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your wound is as vast as the sea—who can heal you?
  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will shepherd them with justice.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us down, but He will bind us up.
  • Amos 8:8 : 8 Shall not the land tremble on account of this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be tossed about and then sink again like the Nile of Egypt.
  • Hab 3:10 : 10 The mountains saw You and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its hands high.
  • Hag 2:6-7 : 6 For the LORD of Hosts says this: Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Matt 27:51 : 51 Suddenly, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
  • Job 5:18 : 18 For He wounds, but He also binds up; He injures, but His hands also heal.
  • Job 9:6 : 6 He shakes the earth from its place, and its pillars tremble.
  • Ps 18:7 : 7 In my distress, I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple, He heard my voice, and my cry for help came into His ears.
  • Ps 89:40 : 40 You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown to the ground.
  • Ps 104:32 : 32 He gazes at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
  • Ps 114:7 : 7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
  • Isa 5:25 : 25 Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against His people. He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down. The mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, His anger has not turned away; His hand is still stretched out.
  • Isa 7:8 : 8 For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.
  • 2 Sam 2:8-9 : 8 Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim. 9 There he made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned for two years. However, the house of Judah was loyal to David. 11 The length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. 12 Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13 Joab son of Zeruiah and David's servants also went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. They sat down, one group on one side of the pool and the other group on the opposite side. 14 Then Abner said to Joab, 'Let the young men come forward and compete before us.' And Joab said, 'Let them come forward.' 15 So they stood up and were counted—twelve from Benjamin and from the followers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David. 16 Each man seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they fell together. So the place was called the Field of Flints, which is in Gibeon. 17 The battle that day was fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David. 18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift on foot as a gazelle in the open field. 19 Asahel pursued Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he chased him. 20 Then Abner turned and said, 'Is that you, Asahel?' He answered, 'It is I.' 21 Abner said to him, 'Turn aside to your right or to your left; seize one of the young men and take his armor.' But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. 22 Again Abner said to Asahel, 'Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you down? How could I then show my face to your brother Joab?' 23 But Asahel refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the stomach with the butt of his spear, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died stood still. 24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. As the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah, on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. 25 The men of Benjamin rallied to Abner, formed a single group, and took their stand on the top of a hill. 26 Abner called out to Joab and said, 'Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long will you delay telling the people to stop pursuing their brothers?' 27 Joab answered, 'As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the people would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.' 28 So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or fought anymore. 29 Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, traveled through the Bithron, and arrived at Mahanaim. 30 Joab stopped pursuing Abner and gathered all the troops. Nineteen of David’s men were missing, along with Asahel. 31 But David’s men had struck down three hundred and sixty men from Benjamin and Abner’s followers, who died in battle. 32 They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
  • 2 Sam 3:11-14 : 11 Ishbosheth was unable to answer Abner a word, because he was afraid of him. 12 Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to David, saying, 'Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help bring all Israel to you.' 13 'Good,' said David, 'I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing: Do not see my face unless you bring Michal, daughter of Saul, when you come to see me.' 14 Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, son of Saul, to say, 'Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a payment of one hundred Philistine foreskins.'
  • 2 Sam 22:8 : 8 Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because he was angry.