2 Samuel 2:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Abner called to Ioab, and said, Shall the sworde deuoure for euer? Knowest thou not, that it will be bitternesse in the latter ende? Howe long then shall it be, or thou bid the people returne from following their brethren?

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  • Jer 46:14 : 14 Publish in Egypt and declare in Migdol, and proclaime in Noph, and in Tahpanhes, & say, Stand still, and prepare thee: for the sworde shall deuoure rounde about thee.
  • Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of ye Lord God of hostes, and a day of vengeance, that he may auenge him of his enemies: for the sworde shall deuoure, and it shall be saciate, & made drunke with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the North countrey by the Riuer Perath.
  • Acts 7:26 : 26 And the next day, he shewed himselfe vnto them as they stroue, and woulde haue set them at one againe, saying, Syrs, ye are brethren: why doe ye wrong one to another?
  • Hos 11:6 : 6 And the sworde shall fall on his cities, and shall consume his barres, and deuoure them, because of their owne counsels.
  • 2 Sam 2:14 : 14 Then Abner saide to Ioab, Let the yong men nowe arise, and play before vs; Ioab said, Let them arise.
  • 2 Sam 2:16 : 16 And euery one caught his fellowe by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellowes side, so they fell downe together: wherefore ye place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
  • 2 Sam 11:25 : 25 Then Dauid said vnto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say vnto Ioab, Let not this thing trouble thee: for the sworde deuoureth one as well as another: make thy battell more strong against the citie & destroy it, & encourage thou him.
  • Job 18:2 : 2 When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake.
  • Job 19:2 : 2 Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?
  • Ps 4:2 : 2 O ye sonnes of men, howe long will yee turne my glory into shame, louing vanitie, and seeking lyes? Selah.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.
  • Isa 1:20 : 20 But if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 I haue smitten your children in vaine, they receiued no correction: your owne sworde hath deuoured your Prophets like a destroying lyon.
  • Jer 4:21 : 21 Howe long shall I see the standert, and heare the sounde of the trumpet?
  • Jer 12:12 : 12 The destroyers are come vpon all the high places in the wildernesse: for the sworde of the Lord shal deuoure from the one end of the land, euen to the other ende of the lande: no flesh shall haue peace.

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  • 2 Sam 2:24-25
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    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 2:27-29
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    76%

    27And Ioab sayde, As God liueth, if thou haddest not spoken, surely euen in the morning the people had departed euery one backe from his brother.

    28So Ioab blew a trumpet, and all the people stoode still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 3:21-31
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    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.

    28And when afterwarde it came to Dauids eare, he saide, I and my kingdome are giltlesse before the Lorde for euer, concerning the blood of Abner the sonne of Ner.

    29Let the blood fall on the head of Ioab, and on all his fathers house, that the house of Ioab be neuer without some that haue running issues, or leper, or that leaneth on a staffe, or that doeth fall on the sworde, or that lacketh bread.

    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 2:21-22
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    21Then 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.

    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?

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-33
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    71%

    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.

    33Their blood shall therefore returne vpon the head of Ioab, and on the head of his seede for euer: but vpon Dauid, and vpon his seede, and vpon his house, and vpon his throne shal there be peace for euer from the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6
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    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.

    6Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.

  • 2 Sam 19:12-13
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    12Ye are my brethren: my bones and my flesh are ye: wherefore then are ye the last that bring the King againe?

    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.

  • 2 Sam 3:37-38
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    37For all the people and all Israel vnderstoode that day, howe that it was not the Kings deede that Abner the sonne of Ner was slaine.

    38And the King said vnto his seruants, Know ye not, that there is a prince & a great man falle this day in Israel?

  • 2 Sam 2:14
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    14Then Abner saide to Ioab, Let the yong men nowe arise, and play before vs; Ioab said, Let them arise.

  • 2 Sam 20:20
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    20And Ioab answered, & said, God forbid, God forbid it me, that I should deuoure, or destroy it.

  • 2 Sam 3:19
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    19Also Abner spake to Beniamin, and afterward Abner went to speake with Dauid in Hebron, concerning all that Israel was content with, and the whole house of Beniamin.

  • 2 Sam 3:8-9
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    69%

    8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dogges head, which against Iudah do shew mercie this day vnto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his neighbours, and haue not deliuered thee into the hande of Dauid, that thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman?

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

  • 1 Sam 26:14-16
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    14And Dauid cryed to the people, and to Abner the sonne of Ner, saying, Hearest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered, & said, Who art thou that cryest to the King?

    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.

    16This is not well done of thee: as the Lord liueth, ye are worthy to dye, because ye haue not kept your master the Lordes Anointed: and now see where the Kings speare is, and the pot of water that was at his head.

  • 1 Chr 21:3
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    3And Ioab answered, The Lord increase his people an hundreth times so many as they be, O my lord the King: are they not all my lords seruats? Wherefore doeth my lord require this thing? Why should he be a cause of trespasse to Israel?

  • 2 Sam 2:31
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    31But the seruants of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin, and of Abners men, so that three hundreth and threescore men dyed.

  • 2 Sam 2:17
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    17And the battel was exceeding sore that same day: for Abner and the men of Israel fell before the seruants of Dauid.

  • 2 Sam 3:33-34
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    33And the King lamented ouer Abner, and sayde, Dyed Abner as a foole dyeth?

    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 18:16
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    16Then Ioab blewe the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Ioab helde backe the people.

  • 2 Sam 20:10-11
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    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.

  • Judg 20:23
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    23(For the children of Israel had gone vp and wept before the Lord vnto the euening, and had asked of the Lorde, saying, Shall I goe againe to battel against the children of Beniamin my brethren? and the Lord said, Go vp against them)

  • 2 Sam 3:16-17
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    16And her husband went with her, & came weeping behinde her, vnto Bahurim: then saide Abner vnto him, Go, and returne. So he returned.

    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 16:11
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    11And Dauid sayd to Abishai, and to all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne which came out of mine owne bowels, seeketh my life: then howe much more now may this sonne of Iemini? Suffer him to curse: for the Lord hath bidden him.

  • 1 Sam 26:8
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    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 2:12
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    12And Abner the sonne of Ner, and the seruantes of Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul went out of Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 20:6
    67%

    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.