2 Samuel 20:18

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then she spake thus: They spake in the olde tyme, saying, They should aske of Abel: And so haue they continued.

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  • Deut 20:10-11 : 10 When thou commest nye vnto a citie to fyght agaynst it, offer them peace. 11 And if they aunswere thee agayne peaceably, and open vnto thee, then let all the people that is founde therin, be tributaries vnto thee, and serue thee.

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  • 2 Sam 20:14-17
    4 verses
    75%

    14And he went thorow all the tribes of Israel, vnto Abel, and to Bethmaacha, and all the places of Berim: And they gathered together, and went after him.

    15And they came and besieged him in Abel, neare to Bethmaacha: And they cast vp a bancke against the citie, and the people therof stoode on the ramper, and all the people that was with Ioab, thrust at the wall to ouerthrowe it.

    16Then cryed a wyse woman out of the citie, heare, heare, I pray you say vnto Ioab: Come hither that I may speake with thee.

    17When Ioab was come vnto her, the woman saide: Art thou Ioab? He aunswered: I am he. She saide vnto him: Heare the wordes of thyne handmayd. And he aunswered: I do heare.

  • 2 Sam 14:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2And he sent to Thekoa, and fet thence a wyse woman, & sayde vnto her: I pray thee faine thy selfe to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparell, and annoynt not thy self with oyle, but be as a woman that had long tyme mourned for the dead:

    3And come to the king, and speake on this maner vnto hym (And so Ioab taught her what she should say.)

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

  • 2 Sam 20:19-22
    4 verses
    71%

    19I 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?

    20And Ioab aunswered, and sayd: God forbyd, God forbid it me that I should either deuour, or destroy.

    21The matter is not so: But a man of mount Ephraim (Seba the sonne of Bichri by name) hath lyft vp his hand against the king, euen against Dauid: Delyuer vs him onely, & I wyll depart from the citie. And the woman said vnto Ioab: Behold, his head shalbe throwen to thee ouer the wall.

    22And then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome, and they smote of the head of Seba ye sonne of Bichri, and cast it out to Ioab: And he blew a trumpet, & they retyred from the citie, euery man to his tent: And Ioab returned to Hierusalem, vnto the king.

  • 2 Sam 14:18-20
    3 verses
    70%

    18Then the king aunswered, and sayde vnto the woman: Hyde not from me I pray thee ye thing that I shall aske thee. And the woman sayde: Let my lord the king nowe speake.

    19And the king sayd: Is not the hand of Ioab with thee in all this matter? The woman aunswered, and sayde: As thy soule liueth my lorde the king, I wil not turne to the right hande nor to the left from ought that my lorde the king hath spoke: for euen thy seruaunt Ioab bad me, and he put all these wordes in the mouth of thyne handmayde:

    20For to the intent that I shoulde chaunge the fourme of speach, hath thy seruaunt Ioab done this thing: And my lorde is wyse, according to the wisdome of an angel of God, to vnderstande all thinges that are in the earth.

  • Gen 24:57
    69%

    57And they sayde: we wyll call the damsell, and enquire at her mouth.

  • 1 Kgs 2:14
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    14He sayde moreouer: I haue somwhat to say vnto thee. She sayd: Say on.

  • Ruth 1:18
    69%

    18When she sawe that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking vnto her.

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-18
    3 verses
    68%

    16And nowe I aske a petition of thee, deny me not. And she sayde vnto him: Say on.

    17And he said: Speake I pray thee, vnto Solomo the king (for he wil not say thee nay) that he geue me Abisag the Sunamite to wyfe.

    18And Bethsabe sayd: Wel, I wil speake for thee vnto the king.

  • 1 Sam 25:33
    68%

    33Blessed is thy saying, and blessed art thou which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, & from auengeing my selfe with myne owne hande.

  • 2 Sam 14:12
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    12The woman sayde: Let thyne handmayde speake one worde vnto my lorde the king. And he sayde: Say on.

  • Judg 4:20
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    20And agayne he sayd vnto her: Stande in the doore of the tent, and whan any man doth come and enquere of thee, whether ther be any man here, thou shalt say, naye.

  • 2 Sam 14:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7And beholde, the whole kindred is risen against thy handmayd, & they said: Delyuer hym that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the soule of his brother whom he slue, we will destroy the heyre also: And so they shall quenche my sparkle which is left, and shall not leaue to my husband neither name nor issue vpon the earth.

    8And the king sayde vnto the woman: Go home to thyne house, I wyll geue a charge for thee.

  • 2 Sam 16:23
    68%

    23And the counsel of Ahithophel whiche he counseled in those dayes, was as a man had asked counsel at the oracle of God: euen so was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both with Dauid and with Absalom.

  • 1 Sam 25:31
    67%

    31Then shall it be no griefe vnto thee, nor offence of mynde vnto my lorde, that thou hast not shed blood causelesse, and that my lord hath not auenged him selfe: But when the Lorde shall haue dealt well with my lord, then thinke on thyne handmayde.

  • 1 Sam 25:35
    67%

    35And so Dauid receaued of her hande that which she had brought him, and sayde vnto her: Go vp in peace to thyne house, beholde I haue heard thy voyce, and haue graunted thy petition.

  • 1 Sam 25:24
    67%

    24And fell at his feete, and sayde: Let this iniquitie be counted myne my lord, and let thyne handmaide I praye thee speake in thyne audience, & heare the wordes of thy handmayd.

  • 1 Sam 25:20
    67%

    20And as she rode on her asse, she came priuylie downe the syde of the hill, and behold Dauid and his men came downe against her, and she met them.

  • 1 Sam 25:9
    66%

    9And when Dauids young men came, they told Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid: and helde their peace.

  • Josh 2:21
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    21And she saide: According vnto your wordes, so be it. And she sent the away, and they departed. And she bounde the red corde in the windowe.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11And one of Ioabs men stoode by him, and saide: He that beareth any fauour to Ioab, or good will to Dauid, let him go after Ioab.

  • 2 Sam 14:15
    66%

    15Nowe therfore I am come to speake of this thing vnto the my lord the king, because they that be of ye people haue made me afrayd: And thy handmayde sayd, Now will I speake vnto the king, it may be that the king will perfourme the request of his handmayde.

  • 2 Sam 2:26
    66%

    26Then Abner called to Ioab, and said: Shall the sword deuour for euer? Knowest thou not, that it wil be bitternesse in the latter ende? Howe long then shall it be yer thou bid the people returne from folowing their brethren?

  • 2 Sam 17:5
    66%

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

  • 1 Sam 25:39-40
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    39And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead, he sayd: Blessed be the Lord that hath iudged ye cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, & hath kept his seruaunt from euill: For the Lord hath recompenced the wickednes of Nabal vpon his owne head. And Dauid sent to commune with Abigail, to take her to his wyfe.

    40And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake vnto her, saying: Dauid sent vs vnto thee, to take thee to his wyfe.

  • 2 Sam 3:17
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    17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying: Ye sought for Dauid in times past, that he might be your king:

  • 2 Sam 17:21
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    66%

    13Moreouer, if I had done it, I shoulde haue done against mine owne lyfe: for there is no matter hyd from the king, yea & thou thy selfe wouldest haue ben against me.

  • 2 Sam 18:11
    66%

    11And Ioab sayd vnto the man that told him: If thou diddest see him, why diddest not thou there smite him to the ground, and I would haue geuen thee ten sicles of siluer, and a gyrdle?

  • Judg 18:5
    66%

    5And they sayd vnto hym agayne: Aske counsell now of God, that we may knowe whether the way which we go shalbe prousperous, or no.

  • 2 Sam 17:19
    66%

    19And the wyfe toke and spread a couerlet ouer the welles mouth, & spread ground corne theron: and the thing was not spied.