2 Samuel 13:28

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Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.

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  • Judg 19:6 : 6 So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.
  • Judg 19:9 : 9 And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.
  • Judg 19:22 : 22 While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.
  • Ruth 3:7 : 7 Now when Boaz had taken meat and drink, and his heart was glad, he went to take his rest at the end of the mass of grain; then she came softly and, uncovering his feet, went to rest.
  • 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came. 37 And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone. 38 And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.
  • 1 Sam 28:10 : 10 And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.
  • 1 Sam 28:13 : 13 And the king said to her, Have no fear: what do you see? And the woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.
  • 2 Sam 11:13 : 13 And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
  • 2 Sam 11:15 : 15 And 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.
  • 1 Kgs 20:16 : 16 And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.
  • Esth 1:10 : 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven unsexed servants who were waiting before Ahasuerus the king,
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.
  • Eccl 9:7 : 7 Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.
  • Eccl 10:19 : 19 A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
  • Dan 5:2-6 : 2 Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for them to put before him the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem; so that the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, might take their drink from them. 3 Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, took wine from them. 4 They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone. 5 In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing. 6 Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.
  • Dan 5:30 : 30 That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
  • Nah 1:10 : 10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
  • 1 Sam 22:17-18 : 17 Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests. 18 Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.
  • Gen 9:21 : 21 And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.
  • Gen 19:32-35 : 32 Come, let us give our father much wine, and we will go into his bed, so that we may have offspring by our father, 33 And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away. 34 And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father. 35 And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.
  • Exod 1:16-17 : 16 When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living. 17 But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.
  • Num 22:16-17 : 16 And they came to Balaam and said, Balak, son of Zippor, says, Let nothing keep you from coming to me: 17 For I will give you a place of very great honour, and whatever you say to me I will do; so come, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people.
  • Josh 1:9 : 9 Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 13:29-30
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    29 So Absalom's servants did to Amnon as Absalom had given them orders. Then all the king's sons got up, and every man got on his beast and went in flight.

    30 Now 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 13:20-27
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    20 And her brother Absalom said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? but now, let there be an end to your crying, my sister: he is your brother, do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar went on living uncomforted in her brother's house.

    21 But when King David had news of all these things he was very angry; but he did not make trouble for Amnon his son, for he was dear to David, being his oldest son.

    22 But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.

    23 Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.

    24 And Absalom came to the king and said, See now, your servant is cutting the wool of his sheep; will the king and his servants be pleased to come?

    25 And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, or the number will be over-great for you. And he made his request again, but he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.

    26 Then Absalom said, If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Is there any reason for him to go with you?

    27 But Absalom went on requesting him till he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. And Absalom made a great feast like a feast for a king.

  • 2 Sam 13:32-36
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    32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force.

    33 So now, let not my lord the king take this thing to heart, with the idea that all the king's sons are dead: for only Amnon is dead.

    34 But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.

    35 And Jonadab said to the king, See, the king's sons are coming; as your servant said, so it is.

    36 And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.

  • 2 Sam 13:3-5
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    3 But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother: and Jonadab was a very wise man.

    4 And he said to him, O son of the king, why are you getting thinner day by day? will you not say what your trouble is? And Amnon said to him, I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

    5 Then Jonadab said to him, Go to your bed, and let it seem that you are ill: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread, and get the food ready before my eyes, so that I may see it and take it from her hand.

  • 2 Sam 18:5
    76%

    5 And the king gave orders to Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Because of me, be gentle to the young man Absalom. And this order about Absalom was given in the hearing of all the people.

  • 2 Sam 18:11-15
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    11 And Joab said to the man who had given him the news, If you saw this, why did you not put your sword through him, and I would have given you ten bits of silver and a band for your robe?

    12 And the man said to Joab, Even if you gave me a thousand bits of silver, I would not put out my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king gave orders to you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care that the young man Absalom is not touched.

    13 And if I had falsely put him to death (and nothing may be kept secret from the king), you would have had nothing to do with me.

    14 Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

    15 And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.

  • 2 Sam 14:30-32
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    30 So he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley in it; go and put it on fire. And Absalom's servants put the field on fire.

    31 Then Joab came to Absalom in his house and said to him, Why have your servants put my field on fire?

    32 And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.

  • 2 Sam 13:39
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    39 And the heart of David was wasted with desire for Absalom: for he was comforted for the death of Amnon.

  • 2 Sam 17:9
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    9 But he will certainly have taken cover now in some hole or secret place; and if some of our people, at the first attack, are overcome, then any hearing of it will say, There is destruction among the people who are on Absalom's side.

  • 2 Sam 15:10
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    10 But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 16:20-21
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    20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?

    21 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's women who are here looking after his house; then all Israel will have the news that you are hated by your father, and the hands of your supporters will be strong.

  • 2 Sam 13:1
    73%

    1 Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.

  • 2 Sam 15:13-15
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    73%

    13 And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

    14 And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

    15 And the king's servants said to the king, See, your servants are ready to do whatever the king says is to be done.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    73%

    1 Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 18:29
    72%

    29 And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz said in answer, When Joab sent me, your servant, I saw a great outcry going on, but I had no knowledge of what it was.

  • 2 Sam 19:6
    72%

    6 For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.

  • 2 Sam 15:6
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    6 And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 13:7
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    7 Then David sent to the house for Tamar and said, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and get a meal for him.

  • 2 Sam 16:8
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    8 The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.

  • 2 Sam 17:1
    72%

    1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

  • 2 Sam 19:10
    71%

    10 And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king.

  • 2 Sam 13:15
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    15 Then Amnon was full of hate for her, hating her with a hate greater than his earlier love for her. And he said to her, Get up and be gone.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31
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    31 And 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.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    71%

    21 And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.

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

  • 2 Sam 19:4
    71%

    4 But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  • 2 Sam 18:33
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    33 Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!