2 Samuel 17:16

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Nowe therfore send quickly, & shewe Dauid, saying: Tarie not this night in ye fieldes of the wildernesse, but get thee ouer, lest the king be deuoured, & all the people that are with him.

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  • 2 Sam 15:28 : 28 Behold, I wil tary in the fieldes of the wildernesse, vntil there come some word from you to be tolde me.
  • 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 When this corruptible, hath put on incorruption, and this mortal, hath put on immortalitie, then shalbe brought to passe the saying that is written, Death is swalowed vp into victorie.
  • 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For we that are in this tabernacle sigh, & being burdened because we would not be vnclothed, but would be clothed vpo, that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of lyfe.
  • 1 Sam 20:38 : 38 And Ionathan cried after the lad againe: Make speede, haste, & stand not still. And Ionathans lad gathered vp the arrowes, and came to his maister.
  • 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 And 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.
  • 2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 And assoone as they were departed, the other came out of the wel, and went and tolde king Dauid, and sayde vnto him: Up, and get you quickly ouer the water, for suche counsel hath Ahithophel geuen against you. 22 Then Dauid arose, and all the people that were with him, & they were come ouer Iordane by that it was day: so that there lacked not one of them: that was not come ouer Iordane.
  • 2 Sam 20:19-20 : 19 I am one of them that are peaceable & faithfull in Israel, and thou goest about to destroy a citie, and a mother in Israel: Why wilt thou deuour the inheritaunce of the Lorde? 20 And Ioab aunswered, and sayd: God forbyd, God forbid it me that I should either deuour, or destroy.
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Let them not say in their heart, it is as we woulde haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured hym.
  • Ps 55:8 : 8 Then woulde I make hast to escape: from the stormie wynde, and from the tempest.
  • Ps 56:2 : 2 Myne enemies are dayly in hande to swalowe me vp: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most highest.
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He wyll sende from heauen, and saue me from the reproofe of him that woulde deuour me vp, Selah: the Lorde wyll sende foorth his mercie and trueth.
  • Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber. 5 Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the hunter and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler.
  • Matt 24:16-18 : 16 Then let them which be in Iurie, flee into the mountaynes: 17 And let hym which is on the house toppe, not come downe to fet any thyng out of his house: 18 Neither let hym which is in the fielde, returne backe to fetche his clothes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 17:20-22
    3 verses
    81%

    20And when Absaloms seruauntes came to the wyfe to the house, they sayde: Where is Ahimaaz & Ionathan? The woman aunswered the: They be gone ouer the brooke of water. And whe they had sought them, and coulde not finde them, they returned to Hierusalem.

    21And assoone as they were departed, the other came out of the wel, and went and tolde king Dauid, and sayde vnto him: Up, and get you quickly ouer the water, for suche counsel hath Ahithophel geuen against you.

    22Then Dauid arose, and all the people that were with him, & they were come ouer Iordane by that it was day: so that there lacked not one of them: that was not come ouer Iordane.

  • 2 Sam 15:12-15
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    77%

    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 17:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

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

    2And I wil come vpo him whyle he is weery and weake handed, and will feare him: And all the people that are with him, shall flee, and so will I smite the king only,

  • 2 Sam 17:13-15
    3 verses
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    13Moreouer, if he be gotten into a towne, then shall al the men of Israel bring ropes to that citie, and we will drawe it into the riuer, vntil ther be not one small stone founde there.

    14And Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde: The counsel of Husai the Arachite, is better then the counsell of Ahithophel. For it was euen the Lordes determination to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lorde might bring euyll vpon Absalom.

    15Then sayde Husai vnto Sadoc & Abiathar the priestes: Of this & that maner did Ahithophel and the elders of Israel counsel Absalom, and thus & thus haue I counsayled.

  • 2 Sam 17:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17Now Ionathan and Ahimaaz abode by the well Rogel: (for they might not be seene to come into the citie) and a wench went and told them: And they went, and shewed king Dauid.

    18Neuerthelesse, a lad sawe them, and tolde it to Absalom: But they went both of them away quickly, & came to a mans house in Bahurim, which had a well in his yarde, into the whiche they went downe.

  • 2 Sam 17:5-9
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    5Then sayde Absalom: Cal nowe Husai the Arachite also, and let vs heare lykewyse what he sayth.

    6When Husai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake vnto him, saying: Ahithophel hath geuen such counsel: Shal we do after his saying, or no? tell thou.

    7Husai aunswered vnto Absalom: The counsel that Ahithophel hath geuen, is not good at this time.

    8For sayde Husai, thou knowest thy father & his men howe that they be strong men, and they be chased in their mindes, and are euen as a Beare robbed of her whelpes in the fielde: Thy father is a man also practised in warre, and wil not lodge with the people.

    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 17:24
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 22:5
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    5And the prophete Gad sayde vnto Dauid: Abyde not in the hold, but depart & go into the land of Iuda. Then Dauid departed, & came into the forest Hareth.

  • 2 Sam 15:31-37
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    73%

    31And one tolde Dauid, saying: Ahithophel is one of them that haue conspired with Absalom. And Dauid sayde: O Lorde I pray thee, turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnes.

    32When Dauid was come to the toppe of the mount, he worshipped God: and beholde, Husai the Arachite came against him, with his coate torne, and hauing earth vpon his head.

    33Unto whom Dauid sayde: If thou go with me, thou shalt be a burthen vnto me.

    34But if thou returne to the citie, and say vnto Absalom, I will be thy seruaunt O king: as I haue thus long ben thy fathers seruaunt, so am I nowe thy seruaunt, thou mayest for my sake destroy the counsel of Ahithophel.

    35And hast thou not there with thee Sadoc and Abiathar the priestes? therfore whatsoeuer thou shalt here out of the kings house, thou shalt shewe to Sadoc and Abiathar the priestes.

    36And behold, they haue there with them their two sonnes, Ahimaaz Sadocs sonne, and Ionathan Abiathars sonne: by them also shal ye sende me all that ye can heare.

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

  • 2 Sam 19:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Nowe therfore vp, and come out, and speake cofortably vnto thy seruauntes: For I sweare by the Lorde, except thou come out, there will not tary one man with thee this night, and that wilbe worse vnto thee, then all the euyll that fell on thee from thy youth vnto this houre.

    8Then the king arose, and sate in the gate: And they tolde vnto all the people, saying, beholde the king doth sit in the gate, and all the people came before the king: For Israel had fled, euery man to his tent.

  • 2 Sam 16:15-17
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    71%

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

    16And assoone as Husai the Arachite Dauids frend, was come vnto Absalo, Husai sayde vnto Absalom: God saue the king, God saue the king.

    17And Absalom sayde to Husai: Is this the kindnesse to thy frende? Why wentest thou not with him?

  • 2 Sam 15:22
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    22And Dauid said to Ithai: Come then, and go forward. And Ithai the Gethite went foorth, and all his men, and all the children that were with him.

  • 1 Sam 27:1-2
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    70%

    1And Dauid sayd in his heart, I shall perishe one day by the hand of Saul: therefore is there nothing better for me, then to flee and saue my self in the land of the Philistines, and Saul shall ceasse and seeke me no more in all the coastes of Israel, and so shall I escape out of his hand.

    2And Dauid arose, and he and the sixe hundred men that were with him, went vnto Achis the sonne of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 19:11
    70%

    11And king Dauid sent to Sadoc & Abiathar the priestes, saying: Speake vnto the elders of Iuda, and say: Why are ye behinde to bring the king againe to his house (seyng that such tydinges is come from all Israel vnto the king, euen to his house?)

  • 2 Sam 16:20
    70%

    20Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel: Geue counsel what we shall do.

  • 1 Sam 19:2
    69%

    2But Ionatha Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid, & Ionathan tolde Dauid, saying, Saul my father goeth about to slay thee: Nowe therfore I pray thee take heede to thy selfe vntyll the mornyng, and abyde in some secrete place, and hyde thy selfe:

  • 2 Sam 18:19
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 21:2
    69%

    2And Dauid said to Ahimelech the priest: The king hath commaunded me a certaine thing, and hath sayd vnto me, Let no man know wher about I send thee, and what I haue commaunded thee: And I haue appoynted my seruauntes to suche and suche places.

  • 2 Sam 15:28
    69%

    28Behold, I wil tary in the fieldes of the wildernesse, vntil there come some word from you to be tolde me.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    69%

    3And Saul pitched in the hil of Hachilia, which is before Iesimon by the way side: But Dauid dwelt in the wildernesse, and he sawe that Saul came after him into the wildernesse:

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    69%

    12And so Dauids seruauntes turned their way, and went againe, and came and tolde him all those sayinges.

  • 1 Sam 23:19
    69%

    19Then came the Ziphites to Saul to Gibea, saying: Doth not Dauid hyde him selfe fast by vs in strong holdes, in the wood in the hill of Hachila, on the right side of Iesimon?

  • 2 Sam 20:6
    69%

    6And Dauid saide to Abisai: Now shal Seba the sonne of Bichri do vs more harme then did Absalom: Take thou therefore thy lordes seruauntes, and folowe after him, lest he get him walled cities, and escape vs.

  • 1 Sam 23:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26And Saul and his men went on the one syde of the mountayne, and Dauid & his men on the other syde of the mountaine: And Dauid made haste to get fro the presence of Saul. For Saul and his men, compassed Dauid and his men round about, to take them.

    27But ther came a messenger to Saul, saying: Haste thee and come, for the Philistines haue inuaded the lande.

  • 2 Sam 13:34
    68%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 27:11
    68%

    11And Dauid saued neither man nor woman alyue to bring to Gath, saying: lest they should tell on vs, saying, so dyd Dauid, and so will be his maner all the whyle he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistines.