2 Samuel 2:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Abner said, Turne thee either to the right hande, or to the left, and take one of the yong men, and take thee his weapons: and Asahel would not depart from him.

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  • Judg 14:19 : 19 And the Spirite of the Lorde came vpon him, and he went downe to Ashkelon, and slew thirtie men of them and spoyled them, and gaue chaunge of garments vnto them, which expounded the riddle: and his wrath was kindled, and he went vp to his fathers house.

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  • 2 Sam 2:22-25
    4 verses
    91%

    22And Abner saide to Asahel, Depart from me: wherefore shoulde I smite thee to the grounde? Howe then shoulde I be able to holde vp my face to Ioab thy brother?

    23And when he woulde not depart, Abner with the hinder ende of the speare smote him vnder the fift ryb, that the speare came out behind him: and he fell downe there, and dyed in his place; as many as came to the place where Asahel fell downe and dyed, stoode still.

    24Ioab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sunne went downe, when they were come to the hill Ammah, that lieth before Giah, by the way of the wildernesse of Gibeon.

    25And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner, and were on an heape and stoode on the top of an hill.

  • 2 Sam 2:17-20
    4 verses
    89%

    17And the battel was exceeding sore that same day: for Abner and the men of Israel fell before the seruants of Dauid.

    18And there were three sonnes of Zeruiah there, Ioab, and Abishai, and Asahel; Asahel was as light on foote as a wilde roe.

    19And Asahel followed after Abner, and in going he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from Abner.

    20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, Yea.

  • 2 Sam 2:29-32
    4 verses
    79%

    29And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plaine, and went ouer Iorden, and past through all Bithron till they came to Mahanaim.

    30Ioab also returned backe from Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of Dauids seruants nineteene men and Asahel.

    31But the seruants of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin, and of Abners men, so that three hundreth and threescore men dyed.

    32And they tooke vp Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem: and Ioab and his men went all night, & when they came to Hebron, the day arose.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30(So Ioab and Abishai his brother slewe Abner, because he had slaine their brother Asahel at Gibeon in battel)

    31And Dauid said to Ioab, and to al the people that were with him, Rent your clothes, and put on sackecloth, and mourne before Abner: and King Dauid him selfe followed the beare.

  • 2 Sam 3:21-27
    7 verses
    77%

    21Then Abner sayde vnto Dauid, I will rise vp, and goe gather all Israel vnto my lorde the King, that they may make a couenant with thee, and that thou mayest reigne ouer all that thine heart desireth. Then Dauid let Abner depart, who went in peace.

    22And beholde, the seruants of Dauid and Ioab came from the campe, and brought a great pray with them (but Abner was not with Dauid in Hebron: for he had sent him away, and he departed in peace)

    23When Ioab, & all the hoste that was with him were come, men tolde Ioab, saying, Abner the sonne of Ner came to the King, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

    24Then Ioab came to the King, and saide, What hast thou done? beholde, Abner came vnto thee, why hast thou sent him away, and he is departed?

    25Thou knowest Abner the sonne of Ner: for he came to deceiue thee, and to knowe thy outgoing and ingoing, and to knowe all that thou doest.

    26And when Ioab was gone out from Dauid, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him againe from the well of Siriah vnknowing to Dauid.

    27And when Abner was come againe to Hebron, Ioab tooke him aside in the gate to speake with him peaceably, and smote him vnder the fift ryb, that he dyed, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

  • 2 Sam 20:8-13
    6 verses
    73%

    8When they were at the great stone, which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them, and Ioabs garment, that hee had put on, was girded vnto him, and vpon it was a sword girded, which hanged on his loynes in the sheath, and as hee went, it vsed to fall out.

    9And Ioab sayde to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? & Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him.

    10But Amasa tooke no heede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hande: for therewith he smote him in the fift rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and smote him not the second time: so he dyed. then Ioab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.

    11And one of Ioabs men stoode by him, & saide, He that fauoureth Ioab, and hee that is of Dauids part, let him go after Ioab.

    12And Amasa wallowed in blood in the mids of the way: and when the man sawe that all the people stood still, he remooued Amasa out of the way into the fielde, and cast a cloth vpon him, because he saw that euery one that came by him, stoode still.

    13When hee was remoued out of the way, euerie man went after Ioab, to followe after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.

  • 2 Sam 2:14
    72%

    14Then Abner saide to Ioab, Let the yong men nowe arise, and play before vs; Ioab said, Let them arise.

  • 2 Sam 18:30
    71%

    30And the King said vnto him, Turne aside, and stand here. so he turned aside & stoode still.

  • 1 Sam 26:8
    71%

    8Then saide Abishai to Dauid, God hath closed thine enemie into thine hande this day: now therefore, I pray thee, let me smite him once with a speare to the earth, and I will not smite him againe.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    71%

    8But Abner the sonne of Ner that was captaine of Sauls hoste, tooke Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul, and brought him to Mahanaim,

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    71%

    57And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, then Abner tooke him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31And the King sayde vnto him, Doe as he hath sayd, & smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take away the blood, which Ioab shed causelesse, fro me & from the house of my father.

    32And the Lorde shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, & my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.

  • 2 Sam 3:9
    70%

    9So doe God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lorde hath sworne to Dauid, euen so I doe to him,

  • 2 Sam 18:11
    70%

    11Then Ioab saide vnto the man that tolde him, And hast thou in deede seene? why then diddest thou not there smite him to the grounde, and I woulde haue giuen thee ten shekels of siluer, and a girdle?

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    70%

    12And Abner the sonne of Ner, and the seruantes of Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul went out of Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    70%

    5Thou knowest also what Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captaines of the hostes of Israel, vnto Abner the sonne of Ner, and vnto Amasa the sonne of Iether: whome he slewe, and shed blood of battell in peace, and put the blood of warre vpon his girdle that was about his loynes, and in his shooes that were on his feete.

  • 2 Sam 20:6
    70%

    6Then Dauid sayd to Abishai, Now shal Sheba the sonne of Bichri doe vs more harme then did Absalom: take thou therefore thy lords seruants and followe after him, lest he get him walled cities, and escape vs.

  • 2 Sam 18:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14Then saide Ioab, I will not thus tary with thee; he tooke three dartes in his hande, and thrust them through Absalom, while he was yet aliue in the middes of the oke.

    15And tenne seruants that bare Ioabs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slewe him.

  • 2 Sam 14:19
    69%

    19And the King said, Is not the hand of Ioab with thee in all this? Then the woman answered, and sayd, As thy soule liueth, my lord the King, I will not turne to the right hande nor to the left, from ought that my lorde the King hath spoken: for euen thy seruant Ioab bade mee, & he put all these wordes in the mouth of thine handmayde.

  • Ezek 21:16
    69%

    16Get thee alone: goe to the right hande, or get thy selfe to the left hande, whithersoeuer thy face turneth.

  • 2 Sam 1:6
    69%

    6Then the yong man that tolde him, answered, As I came to mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned vpon his speare, and loe, the charets and horsemen followed hard after him.

  • 2 Sam 14:29
    69%

    29Therefore Absalom sent for Ioab to sende him to the King, but he would not come to him: and when he sent againe, he would not come.

  • 2 Sam 3:34
    69%

    34Thine handes were not bounde, nor thy feete tyed in fetters of brasse: but as a man falleth before wicked men, so diddest thou fall; all the people wept againe for him.

  • 2 Sam 3:12
    69%

    12Then Abner sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is the lande? who should also say, Make couenant with me, and beholde, mine hande shalbe with thee, to bring all Israel vnto thee.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
    69%

    16Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail; the sonnes of Zeruiah, Abishai, & Ioab, and Asahel.

  • 2 Sam 19:13
    69%

    13Also say ye to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captaine of the hoste to me for euer in the roume of Ioab.

  • 1 Sam 26:15
    69%

    15And Dauid said to Abner, Art not thou a man? and who is like thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lorde the King? for there came one of the folke in to destroy the King thy lord.