1 Kings 2:40

World English Bible (2000)

Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:27 : 27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 2:38-39
    2 verses
    87%

    38 Shimei said to the king, "The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do." Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

    39 It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your servants are in Gath."

  • 1 Kgs 2:41-42
    2 verses
    86%

    41 It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

    42 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Didn't I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you, saying, 'Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?' You said to me, 'The saying that I have heard is good.'

  • 2 Sam 19:15-19
    5 verses
    74%

    15 So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.

    16 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

    17 There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.

    18 A ferry boat went to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.

    19 He said to the king, "Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

  • 2 Sam 16:5
    73%

    5 When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and cursed still as he came.

  • 1 Sam 27:2
    72%

    2 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 19:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25 It happened, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"

    26 He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36
    71%

    36 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don't go out from there anywhere.

  • 2 Sam 15:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.

    18 All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

  • 2 Sam 16:13
    71%

    13 So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.

  • 1 Kgs 13:27
    70%

    27 He spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." They saddled it.

  • 1 Kgs 13:13
    70%

    13 He said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.

  • 1 Kgs 1:38
    70%

    38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride on king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.

  • 1 Kgs 1:33
    70%

    33 The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

  • 2 Sam 17:23
    70%

    23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

  • 1 Sam 9:3
    70%

    3 The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, "Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys."

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
    70%

    8 "Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    70%

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

  • 1 Sam 25:20
    69%

    20 It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

  • 1 Sam 25:42
    69%

    42 Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

  • 2 Kgs 4:24
    69%

    24 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, "Drive, and go forward! Don't slow down for me, unless I ask you to."

  • 2 Sam 20:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6 David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than did Absalom. Take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight."

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

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    68%

    10 David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    68%

    1 It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you shall go out with me in the army, you and your men."

  • 1 Kgs 1:44
    68%

    44 The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king's mule.

  • Num 22:21
    67%

    21 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

  • 1 Sam 27:8
    67%

    8 David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 10:14
    67%

    14 Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" He said, "To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel."

  • 2 Sam 13:24
    67%

    24 Absalom came to the king, and said, "See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."

  • 1 Sam 29:10
    67%

    10 Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart."

  • 1 Sam 9:5
    67%

    5 When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, and let us return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us."

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    67%

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

  • Judg 19:3
    67%

    3 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
    67%

    44 The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.

  • 2 Sam 16:1
    67%

    1 When David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

  • 1 Kgs 13:23
    67%

    23 It happened, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.

  • 1 Sam 27:4
    66%

    4 It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.