2 Samuel 2:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and compete before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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  • 2 Sam 2:17 : 17 And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
  • 2 Sam 2:26-27 : 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be before you tell the people to return from pursuing their brothers? 27 And Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely by morning the people had gone up every man from pursuing his brother.
  • Prov 10:23 : 23 It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water, therefore leave off contention before it is meddled with.
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Every purpose is established by counsel, and with good advice make war.
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 2:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

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

    13And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, one on one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
    78%

    15Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, belonging to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 2:24-27
    4 verses
    74%

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

    25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one group, and stood on the top of a hill.

    26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be before you tell the people to return from pursuing their brothers?

    27And Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely by morning the people had gone up every man from pursuing his brother.

  • 2 Sam 2:29-31
    3 verses
    73%

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

    30And Joab returned from pursuing Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David's servants and Asahel were missing.

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

  • 2 Sam 2:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is that you, Asahel? And he answered, I am.

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

    22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? How could I face Joab your brother?

  • 2 Sam 3:19-24
    6 verses
    71%

    19And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin. And Abner went to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

    20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.

    21And Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a league with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires. And David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

    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 had gone in peace.

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

    24Then Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

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

    31And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
    71%

    11And one of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.

  • 2 Sam 2:17
    71%

    17And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    70%

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

  • 1 Chr 19:13-15
    3 verses
    70%

    13Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God; and let the LORD do what is good in his sight.

    14So Joab and the people that were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

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

  • 2 Sam 18:15
    70%

    15And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

  • 2 Sam 10:12-14
    3 verses
    69%

    12Be of good courage, and let us be valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do what seems good to him.

    13And Joab drew near, and the people who were with him, to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

    14And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they also fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    69%

    21And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

  • 2 Sam 14:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

    31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom at his house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    68%

    1On a certain day, Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistines' garrison on the other side." But he did not tell his father.

  • 1 Chr 19:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

    11And the rest of the people he delivered to the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    68%

    26And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    68%

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

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    68%

    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 4:12
    68%

    12And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
    67%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 3:17
    67%

    17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, You sought for David in times past to be king over you.

  • Judg 20:14
    67%

    14But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 10:10
    67%

    10And the rest of the people he entrusted to the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might set them in array against the children of Ammon.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    66%

    5Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    66%

    12So David's young men turned away, and went back, and came and told him all these words.

  • 1 Sam 26:14
    66%

    14And David cried out to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Do you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner answered and said, "Who are you that cries to the king?"

  • 2 Sam 20:8
    66%

    8When they reached the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing his military garment, with a belt and a sword fastened at his waist in its sheath; as he went forward, it fell out.

  • 2 Sam 3:12
    66%

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