2 Samuel 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

On the third day a man came from Saul's tents, with his clothing out of order and earth on his head: and when he came to David, he went down on the earth and gave him honour.

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  • 1 Sam 4:12 : 12 And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.
  • 2 Sam 4:10 : 10 When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:
  • Josh 7:6 : 6 Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.
  • 1 Sam 25:23 : 23 And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.
  • 1 Sam 4:16 : 16 And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?
  • 1 Sam 20:41 : 41 And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.
  • Gen 22:4 : 4 And on the third day, Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place a long way off.
  • Gen 37:7-9 : 7 We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine. 8 And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever. 9 Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me. 10 And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
  • Gen 37:29 : 29 Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
  • Gen 37:34 : 34 Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
  • Gen 43:28 : 28 Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.
  • 2 Sam 14:4 : 4 And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.
  • 2 Sam 15:32 : 32 Now when David had come to the top of the slope, where they gave worship to God, Hushai the Archite came to him in great grief with dust on his head:
  • Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
  • Esth 5:1 : 1 Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.
  • Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.
  • Hos 6:2 : 2 After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
  • Joel 2:13 : 13 Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  • Matt 16:21 : 21 From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.
  • Rev 3:9 : 9 See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you.

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