2 Samuel 3:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 16:5 : 5 ¶ And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
  • 2 Sam 19:16 : 16 ¶ And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
  • 1 Kgs 2:8 : 8 And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
  • 2 Sam 17:18 : 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 81%

    12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose [is] the land? saying [also], Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand [shall be] with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

    13And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

    14And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver [me] my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

    15And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from [her] husband, [even] from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

  • 75%

    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.

    32And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

    33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

    34Thy hands [were] not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, [so] fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

  • 73%

    21And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

    22¶ And, 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?

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

  • 19And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

  • 3And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, [and] to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

  • 2 Sam 3:6-8
    3 verses
    72%

    6And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

    7¶ And Saul had a concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

    8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, [Am] I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

  • 8¶ But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

  • 40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

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    26And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

    27And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

  • 17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past [to be] king over you:

  • 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.

  • 3And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

  • 2 Sam 14:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

    3And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

  • 57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 2:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.

    3And his men that [were] with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

  • 1 Sam 30:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

    5And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

  • 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.

  • 42And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

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

  • 38And he said, Go. And he sent her away [for] two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

  • 10And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

  • 28And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her [up] upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

  • 18When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

  • 20Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth [be] with thee.

  • 8And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

  • 1¶ And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

  • 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.

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    36And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

    37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.

  • 9And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.