2 Samuel 3:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

There was then long warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid: but Dauid waxed stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker.

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  • 1 Kgs 14:30 : 30 And there was warre betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam continually.
  • 2 Sam 2:17 : 17 And the battel was exceeding sore that same day: for Abner and the men of Israel fell before the seruants of Dauid.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary one to another, so that ye can not doe the same things that ye would.
  • Eph 6:12 : 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, and against the worldly gouernours, the princes of the darkenesse of this worlde, against spirituall wickednesses, which are in ye hie places.
  • Rev 6:2 : 2 Therefore I behelde, & loe, there was a white horse, and hee that sate on him, had a bowe, and a crowne was giuen vnto him, and he went forth conquering that he might ouercome.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 I wil also put enimitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seede & her seede. He shall breake thine head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
  • 1 Kgs 15:16 : 16 And there was warre betweene Asa and Baasha King of Israel all their dayes.
  • 1 Kgs 15:32 : 32 And there was warre betweene Asa & Baasha King of Israel, all their dayes.
  • Esth 6:13 : 13 And Haman tolde Zeresh his wife, and all his friends all that had befallen him. Then sayd his wise men, & Zeresh his wife vnto him, If Mordecai be of the seede of the Iewes, before whom thou hast begunne to fall; thou shalt not preuaile against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
  • Job 8:7 : 7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
  • Job 17:9 : 9 But the righteous wil holde his way, & he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength.
  • Ps 45:3-5 : 3 Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie, to wit, thy worship and thy glory, 4 And prosper with thy glory: ride vpon the worde of trueth and of meekenes and of righteousnes: so thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrowes are sharpe to pearce the heart of the Kings enemies: therefore the people shall fall vnder thee.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They goe from strength to strength, till euery one appeare before God in Zion.
  • Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day. 19 The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.
  • Dan 2:34-35 : 34 Thou beheldest it til a stone was cut without hands, which smote the image vpon his feete, that were of yron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the yron, the clay, the brasse, the siluer and the golde broken all together, and became like the chaffe of the sommer floures, and the winde caryed them away, that no place was founde for them: and the stone that smote the image, became a great mountaine, and filled the whole earth.
  • Dan 2:44-45 : 44 And in the dayes of these Kings, shall the God of heauen set vp a kingdome, which shall neuer be destroyed: and this kingdome shall not be giuen to another people, but it shall breake, and destroy al these kingdomes, and it shal stand for euer. 45 Where as thou sawest, that the stone was cut of the mountaine without handes, and that it brake in pieces the yron, the brasse, the claye, the siluer, and the golde: so the great God hath shewed the King, what shall come to passe hereafter, and the dreame is true, and the interpretation thereof is sure.
  • Matt 10:35-36 : 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in lawe. 36 And a mans enemies shall be they of his owne housholde.

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  • 2 Sam 3:6
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    6Nowe while there was warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid, Abner made all his power for the house of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 19:7-8
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    7So Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those words, & Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and hee was in his presence as in times past.

    8Againe the warre began, & Dauid went out & fought with the Philistims, and slew them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him.

  • 1 Sam 18:29-30
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    29Then Saul was more & more afrayde of Dauid, and Saul became alway Dauids enemie.

    30And when the Princes of the Philistims went forth, at their going forth Dauid behaued himselfe more wisely then all the seruants of Saul, so that his name was much set by.

  • 1 Sam 14:52
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    52And there was sore warre against the Philistims all the dayes of Saul: and whomsoeuer Saul sawe to be a strong man, and meete for the warre, he tooke him vnto him.

  • 1 Chr 11:9-10
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    9And Dauid prospered, and grewe: for the Lord of hostes was with him.

    10These also are the chiefe of the valiant men that were with Dauid, & ioyned their force with him in his kingdome with al Israel, to make him King ouer Israel, according to the worde of the Lorde.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
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    15Againe the Philistims had warre with Israel: and Dauid went downe, and his seruants with him, and they fought against the Philistims, and Dauid fainted.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
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    10To remoue the kingdome from the house of Saul, that the throne of Dauid may be stablished ouer Israel, and ouer Iudah, euen from Dan to Beer-sheba.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
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    1After the death of Saul, when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and had beene two dayes in Ziklag,

  • 1 Sam 17:14
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    14So Dauid was the least: and the three eldest went after Saul.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
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    31And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.

    32So Dauid saide to Saul, Let no mans heart faile him, because of him: thy seruant wil goe, and fight with this Philistim.

    33And Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou art not able to goe against this Philistim to fight with him: for thou art a boye, and he is a man of warre from his youth.

  • 2 Sam 5:10
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    10And Dauid prospered and grewe: for the Lord God of hostes was with him.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
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    3Also Dauid tooke moe wiues at Ierusalem, and Dauid begate moe sonnes and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 3:17-18
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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.

    18Nowe then doe it: for the Lord hath spoken of Dauid, saying, By the hand of my seruant Dauid I will saue my people Israel out of the handes of the Philistims, and out of the handes of all their enemies.

  • 1 Sam 23:16
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    16And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose and went to Dauid into the wood, and comforted him in God,

  • 1 Sam 18:12-13
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    12And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, & was departed from Saul.

    13Therefore Saul put him from him, & made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.

  • 2 Sam 2:7
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    7Therefore nowe let your handes be strong, and be you valiant: albeit your master Saul bee dead, yet neuerthelesse the house of Iudah hath anoynted me King ouer them.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22(24:23) So Dauid sware vnto Saul, and Saul went home: but Dauid & his men went vp vnto ye hold.

  • 1 Sam 18:9
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    9Wherefore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forward.

  • 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
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    12Nowe this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem Iudah, named Ishai, which had eight sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde man in the daies of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 3:39
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    39And I am this day weake and newly anoynted King: and these men the sonnes of Zeruiah be too harde for me: the Lorde rewarde the doer of euill according to his wickednesse.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    70%

    5And Dauid went out whithersoeuer Saul sent him, & behaued himselfe wisely: so that Saul set him ouer the men of warre, & he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sauls seruants.

  • 1 Chr 12:1
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    1These also are they that came to Dauid to Ziklag, while he was yet kept close, because of Saul the sonne of Kish: and they were among the valiant and helpers of the battel.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
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    25Then Saul said to Dauid, Blessed art thou, my sonne Dauid: for thou shalt doe great things, and also preuaile. So Dauid went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
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    3So came all the Elders of Israel to the King to Hebron, & Dauid made a couenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; they anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.

  • 2 Sam 3:2
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    2And vnto Dauid were children borne in Hebron: and his eldest sonne was Amnon of Ahinoam the Izreelite,

  • 1 Chr 19:19
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    19And when the seruants of Hadarezer sawe that they fell before Israel, they made peace with Dauid, and serued him; the Aramites would no more succour the children of Ammon.

  • 1 Sam 14:47
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    47So Saul helde the kingdome ouer Israel, and fought against all his enemies on euery side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the Kings of Zobah, and against the Philistims: and whithersoeuer he went, he handled them as wicked men.

  • 1 Sam 18:17
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    17Then Saul sayd to Dauid, Beholde mine eldest daughter Merab, her I will giue thee to wife: onely be a valiant sonne vnto me, & fight the Lordes battels: for Saul thought, Mine hand shal not be vpon him, but the hand of the Philistims shalbe vpon him.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 2:10-11
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    69%

    10Ish-bosheth Sauls sonne was fourtie yeere olde wen he began to reigne ouer Israel, and reigned two yeere: but the house of Iudah followed Dauid.

    11(And the time which Dauid reigned in Hebron ouer the house of Iudah, was seuen yeere & sixe moneths)

  • 2 Sam 5:3
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    3So all the Elders of Israel came to the King to Hebron: and King Dauid made a couenant with them in Hebron before the Lorde: & they anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
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    1Nowe at that time the Philistims assembled their bandes and armie to fight with Israel: therfore Achish said to Dauid, Be sure, thou shalt go out with me to the battel, thou, and thy men.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
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    24And then Sauls seruats brought him word againe, saying, Such wordes spake Dauid.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
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    17Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne,

  • 1 Sam 19:1
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    1Then Saul spake to Ionathan his sonne, and to all his seruantes, that they shoulde kill Dauid: but Ionathan Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid.

  • 1 Sam 31:3
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    3And when the battel went sore against Saul, the archers and bowmen hit him, and hee was sore wounded of the archers.

  • 2 Sam 21:1
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    1Then there was a famine in the dayes of Dauid, three yeeres together: and Dauid asked counsell of the Lorde, and the Lorde answered, It is for Saul, & for his bloodie house, because hee slewe the Gibeonites.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
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    7And Dauid dwelt in the tower: therefore they called it the citie of Dauid.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
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    3Thou knowest that Dauid my father could not build an house vnto the Name of the Lorde his God, for the warres which were about him on euery side, vntill the Lord had put them vnder the soles of his feete.

  • 2 Sam 5:12
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    12Then Dauid knewe that the Lorde had stablished him King ouer Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake.

  • 2 Chr 1:1
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    1Then Salomon the sonne of Dauid was confirmed in his kingdome: and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him highly.