2 Samuel 3:16

World English Bible (2000)

Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go! Return!" and he returned.

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  • 2 Sam 16:5 : 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.
  • 2 Sam 19:16 : 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.
  • 1 Kgs 2:8 : 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 17:18 : 18 But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
  • Prov 9:17-18 : 17 "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant." 18 But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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  • 2 Sam 3:12-15
    4 verses
    81%

    12Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, "Whose is the land?" and saying, "Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring all Israel around to you."

    13He said, "Good; I will make a treaty with you; but one thing I require of you. That is, you shall not see my face, unless you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face."

    14David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying, "Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I pledged to be married to me for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines."

    15Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-34
    5 verses
    75%

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

    31David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.

    32They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

    33The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?

    34Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell." All the people wept again over him.

  • 2 Sam 3:21-24
    4 verses
    73%

    21Abner said to David, "I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires." David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

    22Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

    23When Joab and all the army who 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 2:12
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 25:19
    72%

    19She said to her young men, "Go on before me. Behold, I come after you." But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.

  • Judg 19:3
    72%

    3Her 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.

  • 2 Sam 3:6-8
    3 verses
    72%

    6It happened, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

    7Now 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 was Abner very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, "Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman!

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 25:40
    71%

    40When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife."

  • 2 Sam 11:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.

    27When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.

  • 2 Sam 3:17
    71%

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

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    71%

    26When Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David didn't know it.

  • 2 Kgs 8:3
    70%

    3It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines. Then she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.

  • 2 Sam 14:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

    3Go in to the king, and speak like this to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    70%

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

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    70%

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

  • 2 Sam 2:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

    3David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.

  • 1 Sam 30:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

    5David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

  • 2 Sam 2:29
    70%

    29Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

  • 1 Sam 25:42
    70%

    42Abigail 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 Sam 17:24
    70%

    24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • Judg 11:38
    70%

    38He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

  • Ruth 1:10
    69%

    10They said to her, "No, but we will return with you to your people."

  • Judg 19:28
    69%

    28He said to her, "Get up, and let us be going!" but no one answered. Then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and went to his place.

  • Ruth 1:18
    69%

    18When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

  • 2 Sam 15:20
    69%

    20Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you."

  • 2 Sam 14:8
    68%

    8The king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."

  • 2 Sam 19:1
    68%

    1It was told Joab, "Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom."

  • 2 Sam 2:24
    68%

    24But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 13:36-37
    2 verses
    68%

    36It happened, as soon as he had finished speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.

    37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    68%

    9The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose, and went to Hebron.