2 Samuel 18:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king,“Greetings!” He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said,“May the LORD your God be praised because he has defeated the men who opposed my lord the king!”

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  • 2 Sam 14:4 : 4 So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said,“Please help me, O king!”
  • Gen 14:20 : 20 Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
  • Gen 24:27 : 27 saying“Praised be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The LORD has led me to the house of my master’s relatives!”
  • 1 Sam 24:18 : 18 You have explained today how you have treated me well. The LORD delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.
  • 1 Sam 26:8 : 8 Abishai said to David,“Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear right through him into the ground with one swift jab! A second jab won’t be necessary!”
  • 2 Sam 1:2 : 2 On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground.
  • 2 Sam 22:27 : 27 You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.
  • 2 Chr 20:26 : 26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where they praised the LORD. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah to this very day.
  • Ps 31:8 : 8 You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
  • Ps 115:1 : 1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.
  • Ps 124:6 : 6 The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.
  • Ps 144:1-2 : 1 By David. The LORD, my protector, deserves praise– the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war, 2 who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.
  • Rev 19:1-3 : 1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!” 3 Then a second time the crowd shouted,“Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever.

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  • 2 Sam 18:29-33
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    84%

    29The king replied,“How is the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz replied,“I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was all about.”

    30The king said,“Turn aside and take your place here.” So he turned aside and waited.

    31Then the Cushite arrived and said,“May my lord the king now receive the good news! The LORD has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!”

    32The king asked the Cushite,“How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied,“May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you be like that young man!”

    33(19:1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said,“My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”

  • 2 Sam 18:21-27
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    21Then Joab said to the Cushite,“Go and tell the king what you have seen.” After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off.

    22Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again spoke to Joab,“Whatever happens, let me go after the Cushite.” But Joab said,“Why is it that you want to go, my son? You have no good news that will bring you a reward.”

    23But he said,“Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab said to him,“Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.

    24Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

    25So the watchman called out and informed the king. The king said,“If he is by himself, he brings good news.” The runner came ever closer.

    26Then the watchman saw another man running. The watchman called out to the gatekeeper,“There is another man running by himself.” The king said,“This one also is bringing good news.”

    27The watchman said,“It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” The king said,“He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”

  • 2 Sam 18:19
    81%

    19David Learns of Absalom’s Death Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said,“Let me run and give the king the good news that the LORD has vindicated him before his enemies.”

  • 2 Sam 14:22
    75%

    22Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked the king. Joab said,“Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant!”

  • 2 Sam 16:16
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    16When David’s friend Hushai the Arkite came to Absalom, Hushai said to him,“Long live the king! Long live the king!”

  • 2 Sam 14:32-33
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    32Absalom said to Joab,“Look, I sent a message to you saying,‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message:“Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”

    33So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.

  • 2 Sam 19:8-9
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    8So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they all came before him.David Goes Back to JerusalemBut the Israelite soldiers had all fled to their own homes.

    9All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying,“The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 13:34-35
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    34In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west on a road beside the hill.

    35Jonadab said to the king,“Look! The king’s sons have come! It’s just as I said!”

  • 1 Sam 25:32
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    32Then David said to Abigail,“Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

  • 2 Sam 18:5
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    5The king gave this order to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai:“For my sake deal gently with the young man Absalom.” Now the entire army was listening when the king gave all the leaders this order concerning Absalom.

  • 1 Chr 29:20
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    20David told the entire assembly:“Praise the LORD your God!” So the entire assembly praised the LORD God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the LORD and the king.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
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    9The king replied to him,“Go in peace.” So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 19:4-5
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    4The king covered his face and cried out loudly,“My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

    5So Joab visited the king at his home. He said,“Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.

  • 2 Sam 17:20-21
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    71%

    20When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked,“Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them,“They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

    21After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David,“Get up and cross the stream quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.”

  • 2 Sam 17:17-18
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    71%

    17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city.

    18But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it.

  • 2 Sam 15:36
    71%

    36Furthermore, their two sons are there with them, Zadok’s son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan. You must send them to me with any information you hear.”

  • 2 Chr 6:4
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    4He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 2 Sam 15:27
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    27The king said to Zadok the priest,“Are you a seer? Go back to the city in peace! Your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan may go with you and Abiathar.

  • 2 Sam 19:27
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    27But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:36
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    36Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king:“So be it! May the LORD God of my master the king confirm it!

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
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    15He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 1 Kgs 1:48
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    48and said this:‘The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”

  • 1 Sam 22:14
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    14Ahimelech replied to the king,“Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

  • 2 Sam 3:38
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    38Then the king said to his servants,“Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?

  • 2 Sam 15:32
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    32When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

  • 2 Sam 24:20
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    20When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.

  • 2 Sam 17:9
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    9At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, whoever hears about it will say,‘Absalom’s army has been slaughtered!’

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

  • 2 Sam 15:15
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    15The king’s servants replied to the king,“We will do whatever our lord the king decides.”

  • 1 Sam 24:18
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    18You have explained today how you have treated me well. The LORD delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

  • 2 Sam 13:30
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    30While they were still on their way, the following report reached David:“Absalom has killed all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!”

  • 2 Sam 17:4
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    4This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:23
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    23The king was told,“Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor.

  • 2 Sam 24:23
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    23I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king,“May the LORD your God show you favor!”