2 Samuel 2:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he did not turn to the right or the left from following Abner.

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  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
  • Josh 23:6 : 6 Therefore, be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you do not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
  • 2 Sam 2:21 : 21 And 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.
  • 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil.

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  • 2 Sam 2:20-25
    6 verses
    89%

    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?

    23But he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner struck him with the back end of the spear under the fifth rib, so the spear came out behind him; and he fell there and died on the spot: and as many as came to the place where Asahel fell and died stood still.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 2:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, 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 fleet of foot as a wild gazelle.

  • 2 Sam 2:27-32
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    81%

    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.

    28So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued Israel no more, neither did they fight anymore.

    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.

    32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men traveled all night, and they came to Hebron at dawn.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    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 3:22-27
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    73%

    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?

    25You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.

    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.

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

  • 2 Sam 20:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13Once he was removed from the road, all the people continued after Joab, pursuing Sheba the son of Bichri.

    14Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites gathered together and followed him.

  • Isa 41:3
    69%

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

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    69%

    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
    69%

    32And he walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD.

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

  • 2 Sam 20:10-11
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    69%

    10But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

    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 20:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did; take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find fortified cities and escape from us.

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

  • 2 Sam 3:9
    68%

    9God do so to Abner, and more also, unless, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him;

  • Prov 4:27
    68%

    27Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil.

  • Ps 18:37
    68%

    37I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

  • 2 Sam 14:29
    68%

    29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to send 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
    67%

    19And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken: for your servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant:

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 27:7
    67%

    7The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 2 Chr 13:19
    67%

    19And Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its towns, Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephrain with its towns.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
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    2And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned aside neither to the right hand nor to the left.

  • 2 Sam 3:16
    66%

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

  • 2 Kgs 18:6
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    6For he clung to the LORD and did not depart from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • 2 Sam 18:14
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    14Then Joab said, I cannot linger thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.

  • Josh 8:17
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    17And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel; and they left the city open and pursued after Israel.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
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    8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

  • 2 Sam 23:24
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    24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

  • 1 Sam 30:10
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    10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

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