2 Samuel 2:19

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Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.
  • Josh 23:6 : 6 Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won’t swerve from it to the right or the left,
  • 2 Sam 2:21 : 21 Abner said to him,“Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.
  • 2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

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

    20Then Abner turned and asked,“Is that you, Asahel?” He replied,“Yes it is!”

    21Abner said to him,“Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.

    22So Abner spoke again to Asahel,“Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

    23But Asahel refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect.

    24So Joab and Abishai chased Abner. At sunset they came to the hill of Ammah near Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25The Benjaminites formed their ranks behind Abner and were like a single army, standing at the top of a certain hill.

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

    17Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers.

    18The three sons of Zeruiah were there– Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.(Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.)

  • 2 Sam 2:27-32
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    81%

    27Joab replied,“As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit of their brothers!”

    28Then Joab blew the ram’s horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting.

    29Abner and his men went through the rift valley all that night. They crossed the Jordan River and went through the whole region of Bitron and came to Mahanaim.

    30Now Joab returned from chasing Abner and assembled all the people. Nineteen of David’s soldiers were missing, in addition to Asahel.

    31But David’s soldiers had slaughtered the Benjaminites and Abner’s men– in all, 360 men had died!

    32They took Asahel’s body and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
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    75%

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

    31David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him,“Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed behind the funeral pallet.

  • 2 Sam 3:22-27
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    73%

    22Abner Is Killed Now David’s soldiers and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away and he had left in peace.

    23When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told:“Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!”

    24So Joab went to the king and said,“What have you done? Abner has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way!

    25You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return and to discover everything that you are doing!”

    26Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well of Sirah.(But David was not aware of it.)

    27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.

  • 2 Sam 20:13-14
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    70%

    13Once he had removed Amasa from the path, everyone followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

    14Sheba traveled through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth Maacah and all the Berite region. When they had assembled, they too joined him.

  • Isa 41:3
    69%

    3He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    69%

    12Then Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
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    32He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
    69%

    16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

  • 2 Sam 20:10-11
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    10Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

    11One of Joab’s soldiers who stood over Amasa said,“Whoever is for Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!”

  • 2 Sam 20:6-7
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    68%

    6Then David said to Abishai,“Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord’s servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us.”

    7So Joab’s men, accompanied by the Kerethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors, left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

  • 2 Sam 3:9
    68%

    9God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the LORD has promised him,

  • Prov 4:27
    68%

    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

  • Ps 18:37
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    37I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

  • 2 Sam 14:29
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    29Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.

  • 2 Sam 14:19
    67%

    19The king said,“Did Joab put you up to all of this?” The woman answered,“As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.

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

    14So Joab and his men marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

    15When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab’s brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 27:7
    67%

    7The fourth, assigned the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah succeeded him. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

  • 2 Chr 13:19
    67%

    19Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
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    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Sam 3:16
    66%

    16Her husband went along behind her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Finally Abner said to him,“Go back!” So he returned home.

  • 2 Kgs 18:6
    66%

    6He was loyal to the LORD and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the LORD had given to Moses.

  • 2 Sam 18:14
    66%

    14Joab replied,“I will not wait around like this for you!” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.

  • Josh 8:17
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    17No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    66%

    8David’s Army Clashes with the Army of Saul Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul’s army, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim.

  • 2 Sam 23:24
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    24Included with the thirty were the following: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

  • 1 Sam 30:10
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    10David and four hundred men continued the pursuit, but two hundred men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there.

  • 2 Sam 18:30
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    30The king said,“Turn aside and take your place here.” So he turned aside and waited.