2 Samuel 3:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

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  • Prov 26:23-26 : 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. 24 He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him; 25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.
  • Prov 27:4-6 : 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, but who can stand before envy? 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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  • 2 Sam 3:21-25
    5 verses
    85%

    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?

    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.

  • 2 Sam 3:27-28
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    82%

    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.

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

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
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    81%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
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    77%

    31And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

    32And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 2:21-24
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    77%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 3:37-38
    2 verses
    75%

    37For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's doing to kill Abner the son of Ner.

    38And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    75%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 11:22
    75%

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

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    74%

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

  • 2 Sam 2:29-31
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    74%

    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 14:23
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    73%

    57When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 26:15
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    15And David said to Abner, "Are you not a valiant man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord."

  • 2 Sam 3:6
    73%

    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 18:14
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    72%

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

  • 2 Sam 3:33-34
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    72%

    33And the king lamented over Abner and said, Did Abner die as a fool dies?

    34Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell. And all the people wept again over him.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    72%

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

  • 2 Sam 3:9
    72%

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

  • 2 Sam 3:16-17
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    72%

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

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

  • 2 Sam 20:10-11
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    72%

    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 3:12
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 11:16
    72%

    16So it happened, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
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    15And David called one of the young men and said, Go near, and strike him. And he smote him that he died.

  • 2 Sam 14:32
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    32And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why did I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to still be there: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

  • 2 Sam 11:6-7
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    6Then David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

    7When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.

  • 2 Sam 14:29
    71%

    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 2:17
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    17And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

  • 1 Sam 26:4
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    4David therefore sent out spies, and knew that Saul had indeed come.

  • 2 Sam 11:10
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    10When they told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?

  • 2 Sam 20:13
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    13Once he was removed from the road, all the people continued after Joab, pursuing Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 1 Sam 26:7
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    7So David and Abishai came to the people by night, and there lay Saul sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; but Abner and the people lay around him.

  • 2 Sam 1:5
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    5And David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?