2 Samuel 20:18

American Standard Version (1901)

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] .

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  • Deut 20:10-11 : 10 When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

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  • 2 Sam 20:14-17
    4 verses
    75%

    14And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

    15And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

    16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

    17And he came near unto her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

  • 2 Sam 14:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

    3and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

  • 2 Sam 16:20
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    20Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

  • 2 Sam 20:19-22
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    71%

    19I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

    20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

    21The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

    22Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

  • 2 Sam 14:18-20
    3 verses
    70%

    18Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

    19And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

    20to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

  • Gen 24:57
    69%

    57And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

  • 1 Kgs 2:14
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    14He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

  • Ruth 1:18
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    18And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-18
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    16And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

    17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

    18And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

  • 1 Sam 25:33
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    33and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

  • 2 Sam 14:12
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    12Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

  • Judg 4:20
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    20And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

  • 2 Sam 14:7-8
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    7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.

    8And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

  • 2 Sam 16:23
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    23And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

  • 1 Sam 25:31
    67%

    31that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

  • 1 Sam 25:35
    67%

    35So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

  • 1 Sam 25:24
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    24And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

  • 1 Sam 25:20
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    20And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

  • 1 Sam 25:9
    66%

    9And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

  • Josh 2:21
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    21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
    66%

    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 14:15
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    15Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

  • 2 Sam 2:26
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    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?

  • 2 Sam 17:5
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    5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

  • 1 Sam 25:39-40
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    39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath Jehovah returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

    40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

  • 2 Sam 3:17
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    17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you:

  • 2 Sam 17:21
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    21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
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    13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me] .

  • 2 Sam 18:11
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    11And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [pieces of] silver, and a girdle.

  • Judg 18:5
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    5And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

  • 2 Sam 17:19
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    19And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.