2 Samuel 4:1

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

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  • Ezra 4:4 : 4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
  • Jer 6:24 : 24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
  • Isa 13:7 : 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
  • Isa 35:3 : 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
  • Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
  • Zeph 3:16 : 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
  • Matt 2:2-3 : 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
  • Neh 6:9 : 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weaked from the work, that it be not do. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 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.
  • 2 Sam 17:2 : 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

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  • 2 Sam 2:7-10
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    7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

    8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

    9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

    10 Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

  • 2 Sam 3:6-8
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    6 And 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 Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

    8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, 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?

  • 2 Sam 3:37-38
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    37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

    38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

  • 2 Sam 4:12
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    12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-34
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    30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

    31 And 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.

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

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

    34 Thy 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.

  • 2 Sam 4:2
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    2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

  • 2 Sam 1:4-6
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    4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

    5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

    6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

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

  • 2 Sam 4:7-8
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    7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

    8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

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

  • 1 Sam 31:2
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    2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.

  • 2 Sam 3:26-28
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    26 And 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.

    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.

    28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

  • 1 Sam 31:7
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    7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57 And 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.

  • 2 Sam 3:11-12
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    11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

    12 And 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.

  • 1 Chr 10:7
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    7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  • 2 Sam 3:23-24
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    70%

    23 When 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.

    24 Then 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?

  • 2 Sam 4:4-5
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    4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

    5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

  • 2 Sam 1:12
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    12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

  • 1 Sam 17:55
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    55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

  • 2 Sam 2:31
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    31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

  • 1 Sam 11:4
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    4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

  • 1 Chr 10:11
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    11 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

  • 2 Sam 2:15
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    15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 1 Chr 10:2
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    2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 31:11
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    11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

  • 1 Chr 10:5
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    5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

  • 1 Sam 14:16
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    16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.

  • 1 Chr 1:49
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    49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Sam 31:4
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    4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

  • 2 Sam 2:25
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    25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.

  • 1 Sam 13:4
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    4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.