2 Samuel 20:13

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After he was removed from the road, everyone continued on after Joab to pursue Sheba, son of Bichri.

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  • Num 20:19 : 19 The Israelites replied, "We will travel along the highway, and if we or our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We only ask to pass through on foot."
  • Judg 21:19 : 19 Then they said, 'There is a yearly festival to the LORD in Shiloh, which lies north of Bethel, east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.'
  • 1 Sam 6:12 : 12 The cows went straight up the road toward Beth Shemesh, staying on the main highway. They kept lowing as they went, without turning to the right or left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them until the border of Beth Shemesh.
  • 2 Sam 20:12-13 : 12 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road. When the man saw that all the troops stopped, he dragged Amasa from the road into a field and threw a garment over him because everyone who came by stopped. 13 After he was removed from the road, everyone continued on after Joab to pursue Sheba, son of Bichri.
  • 2 Kgs 18:17 : 17 The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a large army. They came to Jerusalem, stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool on the road to the Launderer's Field, and delivered their message.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
  • Isa 7:3 : 3 The Lord said to Isaiah, 'Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub, your son, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,'
  • Isa 36:2 : 2 And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the launderer’s field.
  • Isa 62:10 : 10 Pass through, pass through the gates! Clear the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway; remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations!
  • Jer 31:21 : 21 Set up road markers for yourself; make guideposts. Take note of the road, the way by which you traveled. Return, O virgin Israel, return to your towns.
  • Mark 10:46 : 46 They came to Jericho. As Jesus was leaving the city with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind man named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside begging.

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  • 2 Sam 20:5-12
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    5 But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him.

    6 So 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."

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

    8 When they were at the large stone in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was wearing his military tunic, and strapped over it, at his waist, was a belt with a dagger in its sheath. As he stepped forward, it fell out.

    9 Joab said to Amasa, "How are you, my brother?" Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

    10 Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach. His intestines spilled to the ground, and he died without Joab striking him again. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

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

    12 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road. When the man saw that all the troops stopped, he dragged Amasa from the road into a field and threw a garment over him because everyone who came by stopped.

  • 2 Sam 20:14-15
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    14 Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maacah, and all the Berites assembled and followed him.

    15 Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maacah. They built a siege ramp against the city and stood against the outer rampart. As they worked to breach the wall,

  • 2 Sam 20:1-2
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    1 Now a troublemaker named Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and declared, "We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse's son. Every man to his tent, Israel!"

    2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba, son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 20:21-23
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    21 That is not the case. A man named Sheba, son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has raised his hand against King David. Hand him over, and I will withdraw from the city." The woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown to you from the wall."

    22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the horn, and the troops dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

    23 Joab was in charge of the entire army of Israel, while Benaiah son of Jehoiada commanded the Cherethites and the Pelethites.

  • 2 Sam 2:24-25
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    24 But 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.

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

  • 2 Sam 2:28-30
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    28 So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or fought anymore.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    15 When 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 3:30-31
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    30 (Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

    31 Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, 'Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.' And King David himself walked behind the bier.

  • 2 Sam 13:29-30
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    29 So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules, and fled.

    30 While 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 2:19
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    19 Asahel pursued Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he chased him.

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

  • 2 Sam 3:22-24
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    22 Just 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.

    23 When 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.'

    24 So 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 10:13
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    13 Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him.

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

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

  • 2 Sam 19:9
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    9 So the king got up and sat in the gateway. When the people were told, "The king is sitting in the gateway," they all came before him. Meanwhile, the Israelites fled to their homes.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
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    31 The 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.

    32 The 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 Kgs 11:15
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    15 When 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 2:21
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    21 Abner 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.

  • 2 Sam 15:17
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    17 The king went out with all the people following him, and they stopped at a place some distance away.

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

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

  • 2 Sam 2:15
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    15 So 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 17:20
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    20 When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, 'Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' She answered, 'They crossed over the stream.' The servants searched but did not find them, and they returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 13:34
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    34 Meanwhile, Absalom fled. Now the watchman looked up and saw a large crowd coming down the hill on the road behind him.

  • 2 Sam 17:9
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    9 'Even now, he is hiding in one of the caves or some other place. If he attacks first, anyone who hears about it will say, "There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom."'

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