2 Samuel 18:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 2 Sam 18:5-14
    10 verses
    86%

    5And 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.

    6So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the fight took place in the woods of Ephraim.

    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.

    8And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.

    9And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on.

    10And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.

    11And 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?

    12And 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.

    13And 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.

    14Then 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.

  • 2 Sam 13:27-30
    4 verses
    79%

    27But 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.

    28Now 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.

    29So 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.

    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 18:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.

    17And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
    76%

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

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    76%

    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 17:24
    76%

    24And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 19:10
    75%

    10And 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 20:10-11
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    75%

    10But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.

    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!

  • 2 Sam 2:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    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

  • 2 Sam 13:34
    75%

    34But 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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
    74%

    15And 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;

  • 2 Sam 17:9
    74%

    9But 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 14:30-33
    4 verses
    74%

    30So 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.

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

    32And 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.

    33So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    74%

    23So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    74%

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

  • 2 Sam 19:5
    74%

    5And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

  • 2 Sam 15:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10But 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.

    11And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    74%

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

  • 2 Sam 15:1
    74%

    1Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him.

  • 1 Chr 18:12
    73%

    12And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    73%

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

  • 2 Sam 3:27
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
    73%

    15So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 15:13
    73%

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

  • 2 Sam 19:1
    73%

    1And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 16:15
    73%

    15And Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

  • 2 Sam 15:6
    73%

    6And 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.

  • 1 Chr 10:2
    72%

    2And the Philistines went hard after Saul and his sons, and put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    72%

    7And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

  • 1 Chr 11:20
    72%

    20And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.

  • 2 Sam 13:32
    72%

    32And 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.