2 Samuel 2:30

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Joab stopped pursuing Abner and gathered all the troops. Nineteen of David’s men were missing, along with Asahel.

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  • 2 Sam 2:31-32
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    82%

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

    32They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

  • 2 Sam 2:17-25
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    81%

    17The battle that day was fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

    18The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift on foot as a gazelle in the open field.

    19Asahel pursued Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he chased him.

    20Then Abner turned and said, 'Is that you, Asahel?' He answered, 'It is I.'

    21Abner said to him, 'Turn aside to your right or to your left; seize one of the young men and take his armor.' But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

    22Again Abner said to Asahel, 'Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you down? How could I then show my face to your brother Joab?'

    23But Asahel refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the stomach with the butt of his spear, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died stood still.

    24But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. As the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah, on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25The men of Benjamin rallied to Abner, formed a single group, and took their stand on the top of a hill.

  • 2 Sam 2:29
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    29Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, traveled through the Bithron, and arrived at Mahanaim.

  • 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.)

  • 2 Sam 2:15
    76%

    15So they stood up and were counted—twelve from Benjamin and from the followers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 3:26-27
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    26Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David knew nothing about it.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 3:22-24
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    74%

    22Just then, David’s men and Joab returned from a raid, bringing a large amount of plunder, but Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away in peace.

    23When Joab and all the soldiers who were with him arrived, they were told, 'Abner son of Ner came to the king, and the king sent him away in peace.'

    24So Joab went to the king and said, 'What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone!'

  • 2 Sam 18:15-16
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    15Ten of Joab’s young armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

    16Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab had restrained them.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
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    12Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 20:13-14
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    13After he was removed from the road, everyone continued on after Joab to pursue Sheba, son of Bichri.

    14Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maacah, and all the Berites assembled and followed him.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
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    16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three in total.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
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    23Then Joab arose, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 23:24
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    24Asahel, the brother of Joab, was among the Thirty; Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

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

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

  • 2 Sam 20:6-7
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    6So David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba, son of Bichri, will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord's servants and pursue him quickly, or he may find fortified cities and escape from us."

    7Joab's men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty warriors, marched out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    72%

    21Then David returned to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and had stayed behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the troops with him, and David greeted them warmly.

  • 1 Chr 27:7
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    7The fourth commander for the fourth month was Asahel, the brother of Joab, followed by his son Zebadiah. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
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    14Joab and the troops who were with him advanced against the Arameans to fight, and they fled before him.

    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 19:17
    71%

    17Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
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    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.

  • 1 Sam 30:9-10
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    71%

    9David and the six hundred men with him set out, and they came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind.

    10David continued the pursuit with four hundred men, while two hundred stayed behind because they were too exhausted to cross the Besor Valley.

  • 2 Sam 3:20
    71%

    20When Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, David prepared a feast for Abner and the men who were with 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!"

  • 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.'

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
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    15When David was in Edom and Joab, the commander of the army, went up to bury the dead, they killed every male in Edom.

  • 2 Sam 17:22
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    22So David and all the people with him arose and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, not a single one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 14:29
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    29Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent for him a second time, but Joab still refused to come.

  • 1 Chr 11:26
    71%

    26The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

  • 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

  • 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.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
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    34After Ahithophel came Jehoiada son of Benaiah and Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king's army.