1 Kings 11:15

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And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

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  • 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.
  • 1 Chr 18:12-13 : 12 And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, 13 David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.
  • Deut 20:13 : 13 And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt.> God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.
  • Ps 108:10 : 10 Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?
  • Mal 1:2-3 : 2 You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me, 3 And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
  • Gen 27:40 : 40 By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.
  • Num 24:18-19 : 18 Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir. 19 And Israel will go on in strength, and Jacob will have rule over his haters.
  • Num 31:17 : 17 So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:16-17
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    16(For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;)

    17Hadad, being still a young boy, went in flight to Egypt, with certain Edomites, servants of his father;

  • 1 Chr 18:12-13
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    12And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,

    13David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
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    15And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
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    15And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
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    7And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
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    8And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

  • 2 Sam 13:30
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    30Now while they were on their way, news was given to David that Absalom had put to death all the sons of the king and that not one of them was still living.

  • 2 Sam 11:1
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    1Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
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    26And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.

  • 2 Sam 11:15-16
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    15And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

    16So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.

  • 1 Kgs 11:21
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    21Now when Hadad had news in Egypt that David had been put to rest with his fathers, and that Joab, the captain of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, Send me back to my country.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
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    18Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:

  • 2 Chr 21:9
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    9Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.

  • Deut 2:16
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    16So when death had overtaken all the men of war among the people,

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
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    31And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.

    32And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
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    30So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
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    9And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
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    7And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 11:25
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    25Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!

  • Judg 21:11
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    11And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.

  • 2 Sam 2:30-31
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    30And Joab came back from fighting Abner: and when he had got all his men together, it was seen that nineteen of David's men, in addition to Asahel, were not with them.

    31But David's men had put to death three hundred and sixty of the men of Benjamin and of Abner's men

  • 1 Kgs 11:14
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    14So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
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    6And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

  • 2 Chr 28:17
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    17For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
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    4But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21
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    21Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.

  • Num 31:17
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    17So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.

  • 2 Sam 1:11
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    11Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:

  • 2 Sam 24:4
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    4But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 14:7
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    7He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
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    1Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.

  • 2 Sam 8:14
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    14And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

  • Ezek 25:12
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    12This is what the Lord has said: Because Edom has taken his payment from the people of Judah, and has done great wrong in taking payment from them;

  • Judg 3:29
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    29At that time they put about ten thousand men of Moab to the sword, every strong man and every man of war; not a man got away.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
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    3Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • 1 Sam 22:19
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    19And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.

  • 2 Sam 11:22
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    22So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?

  • Deut 20:13
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    13And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.

  • 1 Chr 19:15
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    15And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
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    15Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.

  • 2 Sam 8:2
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    2And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

  • 2 Sam 3:27
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    27And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

  • 1 Sam 30:2
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    2And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.