1 Kings 11:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

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  • 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
  • 1 Chr 18:12-13 : 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. 13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
  • Deut 20:13 : 13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
  • Ps 108:10 : 10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
  • Mal 1:2-3 : 2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
  • Gen 27:40 : 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
  • Num 24:18-19 : 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
  • Num 31:17 : 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 11:16-17
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    16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

    17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet a little child.

  • 1 Chr 18:12-13
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    75%

    12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

    13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
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    15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    74%

    15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
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    7 And when David heard of [it], he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
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    8 And when David heard [of it], he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

  • 2 Sam 13:30
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    30 ¶ And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.

  • 2 Sam 11:1
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    1 ¶ And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
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    26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through [even] unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

  • 2 Sam 11:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

    16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men [were].

  • 1 Kgs 11:21
    73%

    21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    72%

    18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

  • 2 Chr 21:9
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    9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.

  • Deut 2:16
    72%

    16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
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    31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

    32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing [thereof, to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
    71%

    30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
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    9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
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    7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand [men].

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Sam 11:25
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    25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11 And 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.

  • Judg 21:11
    71%

    11 And this [is] the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

  • 2 Sam 2:30-31
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    71%

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

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

  • 1 Kgs 11:14
    71%

    14 ¶ And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he [was] of the king's seed in Edom.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
    71%

    6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

  • 2 Chr 28:17
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    17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
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    4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 8:21
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    21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

  • Num 31:17
    71%

    17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

  • 2 Sam 1:11
    71%

    11 ¶ Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him:

  • 2 Sam 24:4
    70%

    4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 14:7
    70%

    7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    70%

    1 ¶ And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out [to battle], Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

  • 2 Sam 8:14
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    14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

  • Ezek 25:12
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    12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

  • Judg 3:29
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    29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

  • 1 Sam 15:3
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    3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • 1 Sam 22:19
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    19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

  • 2 Sam 11:22
    70%

    22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

  • Deut 20:13
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    13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

  • 1 Chr 19:15
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    15 And 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.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
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    15 ¶ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

  • 2 Sam 8:2
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    2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And [so] the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.

  • 2 Sam 3:27
    70%

    27 And 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.

  • 1 Sam 30:2
    70%

    2 And had taken the women captives, that [were] therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried [them] away, and went on their way.