2 Samuel 4:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were weak, 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 report, our hands grow weak; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in labor.
  • Isa 13:7 : 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt:
  • Isa 35:3 : 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
  • Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands grew feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in labor.
  • Zeph 3:16 : 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not: and to Zion, Let not your hands be weak.
  • Matt 2:2-3 : 2 Saying, Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him. 3 When King Herod heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
  • Neh 6:9 : 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands will be weakened from the work, so that it will not be done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And 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 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 who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king only:

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  • 2 Sam 2:7-10
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    78%

    7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.

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

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

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

  • 2 Sam 3:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

    7And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?

    8Then Abner was very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, that against Judah I show kindness this day unto the house of Saul your father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David, that you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman?

  • 2 Sam 3:37-38
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    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?

  • 2 Sam 4:12
    74%

    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 3:30-34
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    74%

    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.

    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, 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 4:2
    74%

    2And Saul's son had two men who were captains of bands: the name of 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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    4And David said to him, How did the matter go? Please, tell me. And he answered, The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people are also fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead as well.

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

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

  • 2 Sam 2:17
    73%

    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 4:7-8
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    7For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedchamber, and they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went away through the plain all night.

    8And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his descendants.

  • 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.

  • 1 Sam 31:2
    71%

    2The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

  • 2 Sam 3:26-28
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    71%

    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.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 31:7
    71%

    7When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those who were across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived in them.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    71%

    57When David returned from killing 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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    71%

    11And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

    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.

  • 1 Chr 10:7
    71%

    7And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  • 2 Sam 3:23-24
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    70%

    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 4:4-5
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    70%

    4And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and as she hurried to flee, he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

    5And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came during the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on a bed at noon.

  • 2 Sam 1:12
    70%

    12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.

  • 1 Sam 17:55
    70%

    55When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.

  • 2 Sam 2:31
    70%

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

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

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

  • 2 Sam 2:15
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    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.

  • 1 Chr 10:2
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    2And the Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 31:11
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    11When the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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

  • 1 Sam 14:16
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    16The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went here and there.

  • 1 Chr 1:49
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    49When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.

  • 1 Sam 31:4
    69%

    4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me." But his armor-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell upon it.

  • 2 Sam 2:25
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 13:4
    69%

    4And all Israel heard that Saul had struck a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel was in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.