2 Samuel 3:34
Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.
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- Judg 16:21 : 21 So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.
- 2 Sam 1:12 : 12 And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.
- Job 24:14 : 14 He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
- Ps 107:10-11 : 10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron; 11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:
- Hos 6:9 : 9 And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.
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- 2 Sam 3:30-334 verses84%
30So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.
31And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.
32And they put Abner's body to rest in Hebron; and the king and all the people were weeping loudly by the resting-place of Abner's body.
33And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?
- 2 Sam 3:36-383 verses78%
36And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.
37So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner.
38And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?
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1And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
- 1 Sam 26:14-163 verses74%
14And crying out to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner, David said, Have you no answer to give, Abner? Then Abner said, Who is that crying out to the king?
15And David said to Abner, Are you not a man of war? is there any other like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? for one of the people came in to put the king your lord to death.
16What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?
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36And 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 3:23-264 verses72%
23When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.
24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?
25Is it not clear to you that Abner, the son of Ner, came with deceit to get knowledge of your going out and your coming in and of all you are doing?
26And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.
- 2 Sam 19:1-22 verses72%
1And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.
2And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.
- 2 Sam 1:11-122 verses72%
11Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:
12And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.
- 2 Sam 3:8-92 verses72%
8And Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, Am I a dog's head of Judah? I am this day doing all in my power for the cause of your father Saul and for his brothers and his friends, and have not given you up into the hands of David, and now you say I have done wrong with a woman.
9May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,
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12And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.
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28And when David had word of it he said, May I and my kingdom be clear for ever in the eyes of the Lord from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner:
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25How have the great ones been made low in the fight! Jonathan is dead on your high places.
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27How have the great ones been made low, and the arms of war broken!
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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 16:8-92 verses71%
8The 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.
9Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.
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33Then 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!
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4Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.
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31But David's men had put to death three hundred and sixty of the men of Benjamin and of Abner's men
- 2 Sam 19:4-52 verses70%
4But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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 2:22-232 verses70%
22Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.
23But still he did not go to one side: so Abner gave him a back blow in the stomach with his spear, so that the spear came out at his back; and he went down on the earth, wounded to death: and all those who came to the place where Asahel went down dead, came to a stop.
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57And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
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17Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:
- 2 Sam 1:14-152 verses70%
14And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?
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.
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5Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.
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17And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.
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11Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.
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28For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?
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2On 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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28And Ahimaaz, crying out to the king, said, It is well. And falling down before the king, with his face to the earth, he said, May the Lord your God be praised, who has given up the men who took up arms against my lord the king!
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21And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.
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17Then Abner had a talk with the chief men of Israel, saying, In the past it was your desire to make David your king: so now, do it:
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31Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.
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4And David said to him, How did things go? Give me the news. And in answer he said, The people have gone in flight from the fight, and a great number of them are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.