2 Samuel 15:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

After this, Absalo prepared him charettes & horses, and fiftie men to runne before him.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:5 : 5 And Adonia the sonne of Haggith exalted him selfe, saying: I wilbe king. And he gat him charettes and horsemen, and fyftie men to runne before him.
  • 1 Sam 8:11 : 11 And he said: This shal be the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer you, he will take your sonnes and put them to his charets, and make his horsemen of them, to run before his charet.
  • 2 Sam 12:11 : 11 Wherefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I will stirre vp euil against thee, euen out of thyne owne house, and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and geue them vnto thy neyghbour, and he shall lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sunne.
  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some put their trust in chariotes, and some in horses: but we wyll remember the name of God our Lorde.
  • Prov 11:2 : 2 Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusion: but wheras is lowlinesse, there is wisdome.
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.
  • Prov 17:19 : 19 He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction.
  • Jer 22:14-16 : 14 Who thinketh in hym selfe, I wyll buylde me a wyde house and gorgious parlours, who causeth windowes to be hewen therin, and the seelinges and ioystes maketh he of Cedar, and painteth them with Sinoper. 15 Thinkest thou to raigne nowe that thou hast inclosed thy selfe with Cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equitie and righteousnesse? 16 Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?
  • 1 Kgs 1:33 : 33 The king also sayde vnto them: Take with you the seruauntes of your lord, & set Solomo my sonne vpon myne owne mule, and cary him downe to Gihon:
  • 1 Kgs 10:26-29 : 26 And Solomon gathered together charettes and horsemen: and he had a thousande and foure hundred charettes, and twelue thousande horsemen, whom he bestowed in the charet cities, and with the king at Hierusalem. 27 And the king made siluer in Hierusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar as plenteous as the wilde fegge trees that growe aboundauntly in the fieldes. 28 Also Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and fine linnen: the kinges marchauntes receaued the linnen for a price. 29 A charet came vp out of Egypt for sixe hundred sicles of siluer, that is, one horse for an hundred and fiftie: And euen so for al the kinges of the Hethites, and for the kinges of Siria, did they bring them out through their handes.
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 But he shall not multiplie horses to hym selfe, nor bryng the people agayne to Egypt to increase the number of horses: forasmuch as the Lorde hath sayde vnto you, ye shall hencefoorth go no more agayne that way.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 15:2-7
    6 verses
    82%

    2And Absalom rose vp early, and stoode in the place of the entring in of the gate: And euery man that had any matter and came to the king for iudgement, him did Absalom cal vnto him, and sayde: Of what citie art thou? He aunswered: Thy seruaunt is of one of the tribes of Israel.

    3And Absalom said vnto him: See, thy matters are good and righteous, but there is no man deputed of the king to heare thee.

    4Absalom sayde moreouer: Oh, that I were made iudge in the land, that euery man which hath any plea and matter in the lawe, might come to me, and that I might do him iustice.

    5And when any man came nye to him, and dyd him obeysaunce, he put foorth his hande, and toke him to him, and kissed him.

    6And on this maner dyd Absalom to al Israel that came to the king for iudgement: so Absalom stale the heartes of the men of Israel.

    7And after fourtie yeres, Absalom said vnto the king: I pray thee let me go to Hebron, & pay my vowe which I haue vowed vnto the Lorde:

  • 1 Kgs 1:5-6
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    77%

    5And Adonia the sonne of Haggith exalted him selfe, saying: I wilbe king. And he gat him charettes and horsemen, and fyftie men to runne before him.

    6And his father for his time would not displease him, to say why hast thou done so? And he was a very goodly man: and his mother bare him next after Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 15:10-15
    6 verses
    76%

    10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying: Assoone as ye heare the voyce of the trumpet blow, ye shall say, Absalom raigneth in Hebro.

    11And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Hierusalem, that were called: And they went with pure heartes, not knowing of any thing.

    12And Absalom sent for Ahithopel the Gilonite Dauids counseller, fro his citie Gilo, while he offered sacrifices, and there was wrought strong treason: For the people went and increased with Absalom.

    13And ther came a messenger to Dauid, and sayde: The heartes of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom.

    14And Dauid said vnto all his seruautes that were with him at Hierusalem: Up, that we may flee, for we shall not els escape from Absalom: Make speede to departe, lest he come sodenly & catche vs, and bring euyll vpon vs, and smyte the citie with the edge of the sworde.

    15And the kinges seruauntes sayd vnto him: Beholde, thy seruauntes are redy to do whatsoeuer my lord the king shall appoynt.

  • 2 Sam 17:24-26
    3 verses
    76%

    24Then Dauid came to Mahanaim, And Absalom passed ouer Iordane, he and all the men of Israel with him.

    25And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoast in stede of Ioab: which Amasa, was a mans sonne named Iethra an Israelite, that went into Abigail the daughter of Nahas, sister to Zaruia Ioabs mother.

    26So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

  • 2 Sam 16:15
    76%

    15And Absalom & al the people the men of Israel came to Hierusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

  • 2 Sam 13:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23And after the tyme of two yeres, Absalom had sheepe shearers in the playne of Hazor beside Ephraim, & bade all the kinges sonnes.

    24And came to the king, and saide: Beholde, thy seruaunt hath sheepe shearers, I pray thee that the king with his seruauntes come to thy seruaunt.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    75%

    1Ioab ye sonne of Zaruia perceaued that the kynges heart was toward Absalom:

  • 2 Sam 18:15
    74%

    15And ten seruauntes that bare Ioabs weapons, turned and smote Absalom, and slue him.

  • 2 Sam 13:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29And the seruauntes of Absalom dyd vnto Amnon euen as Absalom had commaunded: And al the kinges sonnes arose, and euery man gat him vp vpon his mule, and fled.

    30And whyle they were yet in the way, tydinges came to Dauid, saying: Absalom hath slaine all the kinges sonnes, and there is none left alyue.

  • 2 Sam 17:1
    73%

    1Ahithophel also said vnto Absalom: Let me choose out now twelue thousand men, and I wil vp and folowe after Dauid this night:

  • 2 Sam 13:34
    73%

    34But Absalom fled: And ye young man that kept the watch, lyft vp his eyes & loked, and beholde there came much people by the way of the hill syde behinde him.

  • 2 Sam 14:28-33
    6 verses
    73%

    28So Absalom dwelt two yeres in Hierusalem, and sawe not the kinges face.

    29Therfore Absalom sent for Ioab to haue sent him to the king, but he would not come to him: And when he sent againe, he would not come.

    30Therfore he sayde vnto his seruauntes: Behold, Ioab hath a field by my place, & he hath barlye therin: Go, & set it on fyre. And Absaloms seruauntes set it on fire.

    31Then Ioab arose, and came to Absalom vnto his house, and sayd vnto him: Wherfore haue thy seruauntes burnt my fielde with fire?

    32And Absalo aunswered Ioab: Behold, I sent for thee, desiring thee to come, because I woulde haue sent thee to the king, for to say, Wherfore am I come from Gesur? It had ben better for me to haue ben there still: Nowe therfore would I see the kinges face: And if ther be any trespasse in me, let hym kil me.

    33And so Ioab came to the king, and tolde him: Which when he had sent for Absalom, he came to the king, and fel to the ground on his face before him, and the king kissed Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 14:23-25
    3 verses
    72%

    23And so Ioab arose, and went to Gesur, and brought Absalom to Hierusalem.

    24And the king sayde: Let him turne to his owne house, & not see my face. And so Absalo returned to his owne house, and sawe not the kinges face.

    25But in al Israel there was none to be so muche praysed as Absalom for beautie: from ye sole of his foote to the toppe of his head, there was no blemishe in him.

  • 2 Sam 15:37
    72%

    37And so Husai Dauids freende went to the citie, and Absalom entred into Hierusalem.

  • 2 Sam 18:5
    72%

    5And the king commaunded Ioab, and Abisai, and Ithai, saying: Intreate the young man Absalom gently for my sake. And all the people hearde that the king gaue all the captaynes charge concerning Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4And the saying pleased Absalom wel and al the elders of Israel.

    5Then sayde Absalom: Cal nowe Husai the Arachite also, and let vs heare lykewyse what he sayth.

  • 2 Sam 16:22
    71%

    22And so they spread Absalom a tent vpon the toppe of the house, and Absalom went in vnto his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 16:20
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    20Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel: Geue counsel what we shall do.

  • 2 Sam 19:1
    71%

    1And it was told Ioab, beholde the king weepeth, & mourneth for Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 17:9
    71%

    9Behold he is hyd nowe in some caue, or in some other place: And though some of his men be ouerthrowen at the first brunt, yet they that heare it, will say: The people that foloweth Absalom, be put to the worse.

  • 2 Sam 18:9
    71%

    9And Absalom mette the seruauntes of Dauid ryding vpon a mule, whiche caried him vnder the thycke bowes of a great oke, and his head was caught of the oke, and he was lift vp betweene the heauen and the earth: and the mule that was vnder him, went away.

  • 2 Sam 13:27
    71%

    27But Absalom made such instaunce, that he let Amnon & all the kinges children go with him.

  • 2 Sam 18:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18And this Absalom yet in his lyfe time toke and reared vp a piller, whiche is in the kinges dale: For he sayd, I haue no sonne to kepe my name in remembraunce, and he called the piller after his owne name, and it is called vnto this day Absaloms place.

    19Then sayd Ahimaaz the sonne of Sadoc: Let me runne nowe and beare the king tydinges, how that the Lord hath iudged him quyte of the hande of his enemies.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    70%

    21And the king sayd vnto Ioab: Behold, I haue done this thing: Go & bring the young man Absalom againe.

  • 2 Chr 1:14
    70%

    14And Solomon gathered charets and horsemen: and he had a thousand and foure hundred charets, & twelue thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the charet cities, and with the king at Hierusalem.

  • 2 Sam 15:17
    69%

    17And the king went foorth and all the people at his feete, and taried in a place that was farre of.