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1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 So the Lord (A)will return his [a]blood on his head, because he struck down two men more righteous (B)and better than he, and killed them with the sword—(C)Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and (D)Amasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah—though my father David did not know it.
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- 1 Kings 2:32 Or bloodshed
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 crime done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might be settled and their (B)blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who aided him in the killing of 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 (A)His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on [a]his own crown.
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- Psalm 7:16 The crown of his own head
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 but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have (A)made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to (B)play the harlot like the (C)harlotry of the house of Ahab, and also have (D)killed your brothers, those of your father’s household, who were better than yourself,
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 all the evil of the men of Shechem God returned on their own heads, and on 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 know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah (A)did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to (B)Abner the son of Ner and (C)Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.
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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 Then Joab said to Amasa, “Are you in health, my brother?” (A)And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword that was in Joab’s hand. And (B)he struck him with it (C)in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus 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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26 And when Joab had gone from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David did not know it. 27 Now when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab (A)took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there [a]stabbed him (B)in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of (C)Asahel his brother.
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- 2 Samuel 3:27 Lit. struck
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 pleases the king, let a royal [a]decree go out from him, and let it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it will (A)not [b]be altered, that Vashti shall come no more 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 Lit. word
- Esther 1:19 pass away
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 said moreover to Shimei, “You know, as your heart acknowledges, (A)all the wickedness that you did to my father David; therefore the Lord will (B)return your wickedness 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 And Absalom made (A)Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was [a]Jithra, an [b]Israelite, who had gone in to (B)Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
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- 2 Samuel 17:25 Jether, 1 Chr. 2:17
- 2 Samuel 17:25 So with MT, some LXX mss., Tg.; some LXX mss. Ishmaelite (cf. 1 Chr. 2:17); Vg. of Jezrael
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 person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now (A)require his [a]blood at your hand and [b]remove you from the earth?”
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- 2 Samuel 4:11 Or bloodshed
- 2 Samuel 4:11 Lit. consume you
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 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king’s intent to kill 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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