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1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 The Lord will (A)bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men (B)more righteous and better than himself, (C)Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and (D)Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 The Lord will repay(A) him for the blood he shed,(B) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(C) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(D) men and more upright than he.
Judges 9:24
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Judges 9:24
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24 (A)that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
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Judges 9:24
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Judges 9:24
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24 God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons,(A) the shedding(B) of their blood, might be avenged(C) on their brother Abimelek and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him(D) murder his brothers.
Psalm 7:16
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Psalm 7:16
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16 His (A)mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
Psalm 7:16
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Psalm 7:16
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16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
2 Chronicles 21:13
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2 Chronicles 21:13
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13 (A)but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel and have enticed Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem (B)into whoredom, (C)as the house of Ahab led Israel into whoredom, and also you (D)have killed your brothers, of your father's house, who were better than you,
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2 Chronicles 21:13
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2 Chronicles 21:13
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Judges 9:57
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Judges 9:57
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57 And God also made all the evil of the men of Shechem return on their heads, and upon them came (A)the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
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Judges 9:57
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Judges 9:57
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57 God also made the people of Shechem pay for all their wickedness.(A) The curse of Jotham(B) son of Jerub-Baal came on them.
1 Kings 2:5
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1 Kings 2:5
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5 “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah (A)did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, (B)Abner the son of Ner, (C)and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging[a] in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war[b] on the belt around his[c] waist and on the sandals on his feet.
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- 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint; Hebrew placing
- 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint innocent blood
- 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint my; twice in this verse
1 Kings 2:5
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1 Kings 2:5
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5 “Now you yourself know what Joab(A) son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner(B) son of Ner and Amasa(C) son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
2 Samuel 20:9-10
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2 Samuel 20:9-10
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9 And Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand (A)to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab's hand. (B)So Joab struck him with it (C)in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died.
Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
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2 Samuel 20:9-10
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2 Samuel 20:9-10
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9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 Amasa was not on his guard against the dagger(A) in Joab’s(B) hand, and Joab plunged it into his belly, and his intestines spilled out on the ground. Without being stabbed again, Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bikri.
2 Samuel 3:26-27
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2 Samuel 3:26-27
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Joab Murders Abner
26 When Joab came out from David's presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. But David did not know about it. 27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, (A)and there he struck him (B)in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
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2 Samuel 3:26-27
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2 Samuel 3:26-27
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26 Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it. 27 Now when Abner(A) returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him(B) in the stomach, and he died.(C)
Esther 1:19
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Esther 1:19
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19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so (A)that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
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Esther 1:19
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Esther 1:19
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19 “Therefore, if it pleases the king,(A) let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed,(B) that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she.
1 Kings 2:44
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1 Kings 2:44
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44 The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your own heart (A)all the harm that you did to David my father. So the Lord will (B)bring back your harm on your own head.
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1 Kings 2:44
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1 Kings 2:44
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44 The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wrong(A) you did to my father David. Now the Lord will repay you for your wrongdoing.
2 Samuel 17:25
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2 Samuel 17:25
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25 Now Absalom had set (A)Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite,[a] who had married Abigal the daughter of (B)Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
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- 2 Samuel 17:25 Compare 1 Chronicles 2:17; Hebrew Israelite
2 Samuel 17:25
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2 Samuel 17:25
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25 Absalom had appointed Amasa(A) over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,[a](B) an Ishmaelite[b] who had married Abigail,[c] the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
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- 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Ithra, a variant of Jether
- 2 Samuel 17:25 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 2:17); Hebrew and other Septuagint manuscripts Israelite
- 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Abigal, a variant of Abigail
2 Samuel 4:11
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2 Samuel 4:11
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11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now (A)require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”
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2 Samuel 4:11
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2 Samuel 4:11
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11 How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood(A) from your hand and rid the earth of you!”
2 Samuel 3:37
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2 Samuel 3:37
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37 So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king's will to put to death Abner the son of Ner.
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2 Samuel 3:37
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2 Samuel 3:37
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37 So on that day all the people there and all Israel knew that the king had no part(A) in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
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