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II Samuel Chapter 2

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II Samuel

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Absalom returns to Jerusalem after a long journey in Egypt while his supporters gather to oppose his father David. David learns of the plot and sends messengers to the king of Ammon to provoke war, but his son Absalom is given the favor of the people. The chapter shows the tension between divine justice and human ambition.

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(1) And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
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II Samuel 5:19II Samuel 5:23Numbers 27:21Judges 1:1I Samuel 23:2I Samuel 23:4I Samuel 23:9I Samuel 23:10I Samuel 23:11I Samuel 23:12I Samuel 30:7I Samuel 30:8

(2) So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
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I Samuel 25:42I Samuel 25:43I Samuel 30:5Luke 22:28Luke 22:29

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I Samuel 27:3I Samuel 30:5I Chronicles 3:1

(3) And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
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I Samuel 22:2I Samuel 27:2I Samuel 27:3I Samuel 30:1I Samuel 30:9I Samuel 30:10I Chronicles 12:1I Chronicles 12:2I Chronicles 12:3I Chronicles 12:4I Chronicles 12:5I Chronicles 12:6

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Judges 1:10

(4) And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
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II Samuel 2:11II Samuel 19:11II Samuel 19:42Genesis 49:8Genesis 49:9Genesis 49:10II Samuel 2:7II Samuel 5:3II Samuel 5:5II Samuel 5:17I Samuel 16:13I Chronicles 11:3

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Genesis 49:31

(5) And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
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Ruth 1:8Ruth 2:20Ruth 3:10I Samuel 23:21I Samuel 24:19I Samuel 25:32I Samuel 25:33Psalms 115:15

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I Samuel 11:9I Chronicles 19:2Ruth 3:10Psalms 31:21Genesis 49:31Joshua 2:12

(6) And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
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II Samuel 15:20Psalms 57:3Proverbs 14:22Matthew 5:7II Timothy 1:16II Timothy 1:17II Timothy 1:18II Samuel 9:3II Samuel 9:7II Samuel 10:2Matthew 5:44Matthew 10:16

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Joshua 2:12II Samuel 10:2I Chronicles 19:2II Peter 1:7Genesis 20:13Genesis 24:12

(7) Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
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II Samuel 10:12Genesis 15:1I Samuel 4:9I Samuel 31:7I Samuel 31:12I Corinthians 16:13Ephesians 6:10

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I Samuel 24:6

(8) But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
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I Samuel 14:50I Samuel 17:55I Samuel 26:14II Samuel 3:7II Samuel 3:8II Samuel 4:5II Samuel 4:6I Chronicles 8:33I Chronicles 9:39II Samuel 17:26II Samuel 17:27Genesis 32:2

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I Samuel 14:50I Kings 2:32I Samuel 17:55I Samuel 26:5II Samuel 2:12I Samuel 26:14

(9) And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
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Numbers 32:1Numbers 32:2Numbers 32:3Numbers 32:4Numbers 32:5Numbers 32:6Numbers 32:7Numbers 32:8Numbers 32:9Numbers 32:10Numbers 32:11Numbers 32:12

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Judges 12:4Judges 11:29Obadiah 1:19Isaiah 11:13

(10) Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
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I Kings 14:21II Chronicles 12:13II Samuel 5:4II Kings 12:1II Kings 14:23II Chronicles 20:31

(11) And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
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II Samuel 5:4II Samuel 5:5I Kings 2:11I Chronicles 3:4I Chronicles 29:27

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Esther 2:12I Chronicles 3:4II Samuel 5:5

(12) And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
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II Samuel 17:14Genesis 32:2Joshua 9:3Joshua 10:2Joshua 10:4Joshua 10:12Joshua 18:25

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II Samuel 2:8I Samuel 26:14I Samuel 17:55

(13) And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
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II Samuel 2:18II Samuel 8:16II Samuel 20:23I Kings 1:7I Kings 2:28I Kings 2:29I Kings 2:30I Kings 2:31I Kings 2:32I Kings 2:33I Kings 2:34I Kings 2:35

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I Chronicles 2:16I Kings 2:28II Samuel 4:12I Kings 22:38II Kings 18:17II Kings 20:20

(14) And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
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II Samuel 2:17II Samuel 2:26II Samuel 2:27Proverbs 10:23Proverbs 17:14Proverbs 20:18Proverbs 25:8Proverbs 26:18Proverbs 26:19

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I Kings 2:28II Samuel 3:23Matthew 2:13Matthew 2:20Deuteronomy 17:8II Samuel 3:21

(15) Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
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Numbers 7:87Revelation 7:8Numbers 7:84Revelation 7:5Revelation 7:6Revelation 7:7

(16) And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
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Judges 5:27I Samuel 31:4

(17) And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
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II Samuel 3:1

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I Samuel 31:3I Samuel 17:55I Samuel 26:14

(18) And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
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I Chronicles 2:15I Chronicles 2:16I Chronicles 11:26II Samuel 1:23I Chronicles 12:8Psalms 147:10Psalms 147:11Ecclesiastes 9:11Amos 2:14Psalms 18:33Song of Solomon 2:17Song of Solomon 8:14

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I Chronicles 2:16Isaiah 30:26I Samuel 26:6II Samuel 3:30II Samuel 21:17Isaiah 60:19

(19) And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
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II Samuel 2:21Joshua 1:7Joshua 23:6II Kings 22:2Proverbs 4:27

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I Samuel 17:55I Samuel 26:14II Samuel 2:21II Samuel 2:22II Samuel 2:30II Samuel 3:19

(20) Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
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II Samuel 2:23I Samuel 17:55I Samuel 26:14II Samuel 2:19

(21) And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
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Judges 14:19

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II Samuel 2:22Ruth 4:1II Samuel 2:23II Samuel 18:30Ezekiel 33:11I Samuel 12:20

(22) And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
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II Kings 14:10II Kings 14:11II Kings 14:12Proverbs 29:1Ecclesiastes 6:10II Samuel 3:27

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II Samuel 2:21II Samuel 2:23I Kings 2:28II Samuel 2:19II Samuel 2:30II Samuel 3:27

(23) Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
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II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 4:6II Samuel 5:6II Samuel 20:10II Samuel 20:12II Samuel 20:13

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II Samuel 3:27Judges 5:27II Samuel 2:21II Samuel 23:21I Chronicles 11:23II Samuel 20:10

(24) Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
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Psalms 68:15II Samuel 3:30I Samuel 23:25I Samuel 26:3II Samuel 2:19II Samuel 20:10

(25) And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
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II Samuel 3:19Psalms 68:15Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32I Kings 16:24I Samuel 17:55

(26) Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
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II Samuel 2:14Acts 7:26II Samuel 11:25Isaiah 1:20Jeremiah 2:30Jeremiah 12:12Jeremiah 46:10Jeremiah 46:14Hosea 11:6II Samuel 2:16Proverbs 17:14Job 18:2

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Song of Solomon 6:13Deuteronomy 17:16Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7

(27) And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
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I Samuel 25:26Job 27:2II Samuel 2:14Proverbs 15:1Proverbs 17:14Proverbs 20:18Proverbs 25:8Isaiah 47:7Luke 14:31Luke 14:32

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I Samuel 25:34Ruth 3:13II Samuel 15:21Jeremiah 44:25II Samuel 14:19I Kings 2:28

(28) So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
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II Samuel 18:16II Samuel 20:22I Kings 2:28

(29) And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
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Song of Solomon 2:17

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Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:7I Samuel 9:4Deuteronomy 2:8Deuteronomy 3:17Deuteronomy 4:49

(30) And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
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II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 2:19II Samuel 2:22Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32II Samuel 18:16

(31) But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
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II Samuel 3:1I Kings 20:11

(32) And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
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I Samuel 17:58I Chronicles 2:13I Chronicles 2:14I Chronicles 2:15I Chronicles 2:16II Chronicles 16:14II Chronicles 21:1II Samuel 5:1Proverbs 22:29

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II Samuel 4:12Jeremiah 33:20II Samuel 3:27Genesis 49:31I Kings 13:31Jeremiah 51:22

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