2 Samuel 3:20

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When Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, David prepared a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

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  • Gen 26:30 : 30 Then Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
  • Gen 31:54 : 54 Then Jacob sacrificed a offering on the mountain and invited his relatives to a meal. They ate and spent the night on the mountain.
  • Esth 1:3 : 3 In the third year of his reign, he held a banquet for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials of the provinces were present before him.

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  • 2 Sam 3:19
    82%

    19Abner also spoke to the people of Benjamin and then went to Hebron to tell David everything that seemed good to Israel and the whole house of Benjamin.

  • 2 Sam 3:21-26
    6 verses
    81%

    21Then Abner said to David, 'Let me go at once and gather all Israel to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and you may rule over all that your heart desires.' So David sent Abner away in peace.

    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!'

    25'You know Abner son of Ner! He came to deceive you and to learn about your comings and goings and everything you are doing.'

    26Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David knew nothing about it.

  • 2 Sam 3:12
    75%

    12Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to David, saying, 'Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help bring all Israel to you.'

  • 1 Chr 12:39
    75%

    39All these were skilled warriors who came to Hebron fully determined, with unified hearts, to make David king over all Israel. All the other Israelites were also of one heart to make David king.

  • 2 Sam 3:17
    75%

    17Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, 'For some time you have wanted to make David your king.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
    74%

    6During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was gaining strength in Saul's house.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 2:29-31
    3 verses
    73%

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

    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.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 25:40
    72%

    40David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, 'David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.'

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    72%

    24David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
    72%

    3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. Then they anointed David king over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 2:25
    72%

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

  • Gen 26:30
    72%

    30Then Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

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

    31Then 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 20:24
    71%

    24So David hid himself in the field, and when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat.

  • 2 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3David also brought up the men who were with him, each man with his household, and they settled in the towns of Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 2:17
    71%

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

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    71%

    8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
    71%

    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 3:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36All the people took note of this, and it pleased them, just as everything the king did pleased them.

    37So on that day all the people and all Israel knew that the king had no part in the killing of Abner son of Ner.

  • 1 Chr 12:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing its banks. They drove out all the people living in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

    17Some men from Benjamin and Judah also came to David at the stronghold.

  • 2 Sam 16:15
    70%

    15Meanwhile, Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

  • 2 Sam 3:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not carry out what the Lord swore to David.

    10I will transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David's throne over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.

  • 2 Sam 11:13
    70%

    13David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and David made him drunk. In the evening, Uriah went out to lie on his mat among his master's servants but did not go home.

  • 2 Sam 19:17
    70%

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

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    70%

    3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, as the LORD had said through Samuel.

  • 2 Sam 17:27
    70%

    27When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim brought supplies to him.

  • 1 Sam 25:36
    70%

    36When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk, so she told him nothing at all until daybreak.

  • 1 Sam 9:22
    70%

    22Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them at the head of those who had been invited—about thirty in number.

  • Judg 19:21
    70%

    21He brought him into his house and provided fodder for the donkeys. They washed their feet, ate, and drank.

  • 1 Sam 25:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12David’s men turned and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.

    13David said to his men, "Each of you, strap on your sword!" So they did, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men went with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

  • 2 Sam 20:4
    70%

    4Then the king said to Amasa, "Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and you must be here as well."

  • 1 Chr 11:1
    69%

    1Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, "We are your own flesh and blood.

  • 1 Sam 30:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15David asked him, "Can you lead me to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor hand me over to my master, and I will lead you to them."

    16He led David down to them, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.