2 Samuel 2:14

American Standard Version (1901)

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 2:17 : 17 And the battle was very sore that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
  • 2 Sam 2:26-27 : 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.
  • Prov 10:23 : 23 It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is [as] when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 2:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

    13And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
    78%

    15Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 2:24-27
    4 verses
    74%

    24But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.

    26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

    27And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.

  • 2 Sam 2:29-31
    3 verses
    73%

    29And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

    30And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.

    31But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.

  • 2 Sam 2:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.

    21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. [

    22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

  • 2 Sam 3:19-24
    6 verses
    71%

    19And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.

    20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

    21And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

    22And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

    23When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

    31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
    71%

    11And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

  • 2 Sam 2:17
    71%

    17And the battle was very sore that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    70%

    8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

  • 1 Chr 19:13-15
    3 verses
    70%

    13Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good.

    14So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

    15And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
    70%

    15And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

  • 2 Sam 10:12-14
    3 verses
    69%

    12Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good.

    13So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

    14And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    69%

    21And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.

  • 2 Sam 14:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

    31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    68%

    1Now it fell upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he told not his father.

  • 1 Chr 19:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

    11And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    68%

    26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    68%

    23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    68%

    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 4:12
    68%

    12And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
    67%

    6And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 3:17
    67%

    17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you:

  • Judg 20:14
    67%

    14And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 10:10
    67%

    10And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    66%

    5Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    66%

    12So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

  • 1 Sam 26:14
    66%

    14and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

  • 2 Sam 20:8
    66%

    8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

  • 2 Sam 3:12
    66%

    12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.