2 Samuel 2:19

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

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  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
  • Josh 23:6 : 6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
  • 2 Sam 2:21 : 21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
  • 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

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  • 2 Sam 2:20-25
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    20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.

    21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

    22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

    23Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

    24Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.

  • 2 Sam 2:17-18
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    17And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

    18And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

  • 2 Sam 2:27-32
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    27And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

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

    29And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

    30And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.

    31But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

    32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
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    30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

    31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

  • 2 Sam 3:22-27
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    22And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

    23When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

    25Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

    26And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

    27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

  • 2 Sam 20:13-14
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    13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

    14And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

  • Isa 41:3
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    3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
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    12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
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    32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
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    16Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

  • 2 Sam 20:10-11
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    10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

    11And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

  • 2 Sam 20:6-7
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    6And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

    7And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 2 Sam 3:9
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    9So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

  • Ps 18:37
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    37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

  • 2 Sam 14:29
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    29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

  • 2 Sam 14:19
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    19And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
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    14So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

    15And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 27:7
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  • 2 Chr 13:19
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  • 2 Chr 34:2
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    2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

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    16And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

  • 2 Kgs 18:6
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  • 2 Sam 18:30
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    30And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.