2 Samuel 21:5

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They replied to the king, "The man who destroyed us and planned to exterminate us so that we would have no place anywhere in Israel—

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  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 During the days of David, there was a famine for three years, year after year. David sought the presence of the Lord, and the Lord said, "It concerns Saul and his house, who are guilty of bloodshed, for he killed the Gibeonites."
  • Esth 9:24-25 : 24 For Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted to destroy them. He cast the pur—that is, the lot—to crush and annihilate them. 25 But when the matter came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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  • 2 Sam 21:1-4
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    1During the days of David, there was a famine for three years, year after year. David sought the presence of the Lord, and the Lord said, "It concerns Saul and his house, who are guilty of bloodshed, for he killed the Gibeonites."

    2So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had sworn an oath to them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for Israel and Judah.)

    3David asked the Gibeonites, "What can I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you may bless the Lord’s inheritance?"

    4The Gibeonites answered him, "We have no right to demand silver or gold from Saul or his family, nor do we have the right to put anyone in Israel to death." David asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

  • 2 Sam 21:6
    78%

    6let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us to be executed before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lord’s chosen one." The king said, "I will give them to you."

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    73%

    12Then the people said to Samuel, "Who was it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring those men to us, and we will put them to death."

  • Judg 20:12-13
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    71%

    12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"

    13Now hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

  • 2 Sam 21:9
    71%

    9He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who executed them on the hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

  • 1 Sam 17:27
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    27The people repeated to him what they had been saying: 'This is what will be done for the man who kills him.'

  • Josh 10:1
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    1Now when Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them,

  • 1 Sam 11:3
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    3The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel. If no one comes to save us, we will surrender to you."

  • 2 Chr 20:11
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    11'See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.'

  • Judg 20:10
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    10We will take ten men out of every hundred, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand across all the tribes of Israel. They will gather provisions for the army, so we can act against Gibeah in Benjamin for their disgraceful act in Israel.

  • Josh 10:3-6
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    3So Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, sent word to Hoham, king of Hebron, to Piram, king of Jarmuth, to Japhia, king of Lachish, and to Debir, king of Eglon, saying,

    4“Come up to me and help me; let us attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel.”

    5Then the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces, and they and their armies moved out, camped near Gibeon, and prepared to attack it.

    6The men of Gibeon sent a message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, for all the kings of the Amorites living in the hill country have gathered against us.”

  • 1 Sam 15:15
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    15Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

  • 2 Sam 19:42-43
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    42Soon, all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, "Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, steal you away and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, along with all your men?"

    43The men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, "The king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions, or have we taken anything for ourselves?"

  • 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.

  • Ps 83:4
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    4They devise cunning plans against your people and conspire together against your treasured ones.

  • 1 Sam 27:11
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    11David did not leave alive a man or woman to bring to Gath, for he thought, "They might inform against us, saying, 'This is what David did.'" This was his practice the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.

  • 1 Sam 31:11
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    11When the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

  • Josh 9:11
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    11So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: We are your servants; now make a treaty with us.’

  • Exod 5:21
    69%

    21They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."

  • 2 Sam 19:9
    69%

    9So 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.

  • Judg 20:32
    69%

    32The Benjaminites thought, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads."

  • Josh 22:21
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    21Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:

  • Josh 11:19
    68%

    19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon. All others were taken in battle.

  • Judg 20:3
    68%

    3The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this terrible crime happen?"

  • 2 Sam 17:12
    68%

    12'We will come upon him wherever he is found, and we will fall on him like dew settling on the ground. Not even one of his men will survive.'

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    68%

    7Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, 'Hand over the one who killed his brother so that we may put him to death for taking his brother’s life. We want to destroy the heir as well.' They will extinguish my remaining ember, leaving neither name nor remnant for my husband on the earth.

  • Num 21:35
    68%

    35So they struck down Og, his sons, and all his people, leaving no survivors. Then they took possession of his land.

  • 1 Sam 31:7
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    7When the Israelites on the other side of the valley and the Jordan saw that Israel's army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and occupied them.

  • Judg 15:10
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    10The men of Judah asked, "Why have you come to attack us?" They replied, "We have come to tie up Samson and do to him as he has done to us."

  • 1 Sam 11:10
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    10The men of Jabesh then said, "Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever seems good to you."

  • 1 Sam 30:23
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    23But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • 1 Sam 11:1
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    1Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you."

  • 2 Kgs 7:12
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    12The king got up in the night and said to his servants, "I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are hungry, so they have gone out of the camp to hide in the countryside, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and take the city.'"