1 Kings 11:15

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When David was in Edom and Joab, the commander of the army, went up to bury the dead, they killed every male in Edom.

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  • 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 He stationed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.
  • 1 Chr 18:12-13 : 12 Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 13 David stationed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became his servants. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
  • Deut 20:13 : 13 When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 For the director, according to 'The Lily of the Testimony,' a Miktam of David, for instruction.
  • Ps 108:10 : 10 Moab is my washbasin; over Edom I cast my sandal; over Philistia I will shout in triumph.
  • Mal 1:2-3 : 2 I have loved you, says the LORD. But you ask, 'How have you loved us?' Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother? declares the LORD. Yet I have loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I have hated. I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and given his inheritance to the wild creatures of the desert.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 The LORD said to her, 'Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.'
  • Gen 27:40 : 40 You will live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.
  • Num 24:18-19 : 18 Edom will become a possession; Seir, his enemy, will also be a possession. But Israel will grow strong. 19 A ruler will come out of Jacob and will destroy the survivors of the city.
  • Num 31:17 : 17 Now, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:16-17
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    16Joab and all Israel remained there for six months until every male in Edom had been destroyed.

    17But Hadad fled to Egypt with some Edomites, who were servants of his father. At the time, he was still a young boy.

  • 1 Chr 18:12-13
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    12Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

    13David stationed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became his servants. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
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    15Ten of Joab’s young armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
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    15Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
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    7When David heard of this, he sent Joab and all the army of mighty warriors.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
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    8When David heard this, he sent Joab and the entire army of mighty warriors.

  • 2 Sam 13:30
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    30While they were on the way, word came to David: 'Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons; not one of them is left.'

  • 2 Sam 11:1
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    1In the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab along with his servants and all of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
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    26When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took seven hundred men with swords to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

  • 2 Sam 11:15-16
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    15In the letter, David wrote, 'Put Uriah at the front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and killed.'

    16As Joab kept watch over the city, he positioned Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.

  • 1 Kgs 11:21
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    21While in Egypt, Hadad heard that David had died and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead as well. So Hadad said to Pharaoh, 'Let me go, so I may return to my own country.'

  • 2 Sam 11:18
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    18Joab sent David a full report of the battle.

  • 2 Chr 21:9
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    9Jehoram went out with his commanders and all his chariots. He rose during the night and struck down the Edomites who had surrounded him and their chariot commanders.

  • Deut 2:16
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    16When all the fighting men among the people had died and were gone,

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
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    31The king said to him, 'Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and my father's house the guilt of the blood that Joab shed without cause.

    32The LORD will bring back his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than himself—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army—killing them with the sword without my father David knowing it.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
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    30(Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

  • 1 Sam 27:9
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    9David attacked the land and did not leave alive a man or woman. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing, and then he returned and went to Achish.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
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    7There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.

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

  • 2 Sam 11:25
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    25David said to the messenger, 'Say this to Joab: Don’t let this thing upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Press your attack against the city and destroy it. Encourage him.'

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11One of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, "Whoever is loyal to Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!"

  • Judg 21:11
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    11This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had relations with a man.

  • 2 Sam 2:30-31
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    30Joab stopped pursuing Abner and gathered all the troops. Nineteen of David’s men were missing, along with Asahel.

    31But David’s men had struck down three hundred and sixty men from Benjamin and Abner’s followers, who died in battle.

  • 1 Kgs 11:14
    71%

    14Then the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
    71%

    6Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field, with no one there to separate them, and one of them struck the other and killed him.

  • 2 Chr 28:17
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    17The Edomites had come again and attacked Judah, taking captives.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
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    4Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab went out and traveled throughout all Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21
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    21So Joram went to Zair with all his chariots. During the night, he attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and their chariot commanders, but his troops fled to their homes.

  • Num 31:17
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    17Now, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.

  • 2 Sam 1:11
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    11Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

  • 2 Sam 24:4
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    4Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed over Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 14:7
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    7He struck down ten thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, renaming it Joktheel, which it is called to this day.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
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    1In the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab led the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He went to besiege Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and destroyed it.

  • 2 Sam 8:14
    70%

    14He stationed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

  • Ezek 25:12
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    12This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Edom acted in revenge against the house of Judah and committed great guilt by taking vengeance on them,

  • Judg 3:29
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    29At that time, they struck down about ten thousand Moabite men, all strong and able-bodied; not a single one escaped.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
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    3Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

  • 1 Sam 22:19
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    19He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, killing its men and women, children and infants, and also its oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

  • 2 Sam 11:22
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    22The messenger set out, and when he arrived, he reported to David everything Joab had sent him to say.

  • Deut 20:13
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    13When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.

  • 1 Chr 19:15
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    15When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled before Abishai, Joab's brother, and went back into the city. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
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    15After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and the child became ill.

  • 2 Sam 8:2
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    2David also defeated Moab. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them with a rope. He measured two lengths of rope to put them to death and one full length to let them live, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing him tribute.

  • 2 Sam 3:27
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    27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside inside the gate, as if to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly, killing him in revenge for the blood of his brother Asahel.

  • 1 Sam 30:2
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    2The Amalekites had taken the women and everyone in the city captive, from the youngest to the oldest. They had not killed anyone but had taken them away as prisoners and gone on their way.