1 Kings 2:5 English Standard Version
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
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2 Samuel 3:27 English Standard Version
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 20:10 English Standard Version
10 But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab's hand. (A)So Joab struck him with it (B)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 18:12 English Standard Version
12 But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king's son, for (A)in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake protect the young man Absalom.’
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2 Samuel 18:5 English Standard Version
5 And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” (A)And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom.
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2 Samuel 18:14 English Standard Version
14 Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” And he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.
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39 And I was gentle today, though anointed king. (A)These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. (B)The Lord repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!”
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Ezekiel 24:7-8 English Standard Version
7 For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on (A)the bare rock; (B)she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. 8 To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered.
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Jeremiah 6:15 English Standard Version
15 (A)Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
No, they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
(B)at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,”
says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 2:34 English Standard Version
34 Also on your skirts is found
(A)the lifeblood of the guiltless poor;
you did not find them (B)breaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things
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1 Kings 2:32 English Standard Version
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 1:18-19 English Standard Version
18 And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it. 19 (A)He has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, (B)Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army, but (C)Solomon your servant he has not invited.
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1 Kings 1:7 English Standard Version
7 He conferred with (A)Joab the son of Zeruiah and with (B)Abiathar the priest. And they followed Adonijah and helped him.
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2 Samuel 19:5-7 English Standard Version
5 Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “You have today covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and your daughters and the lives of your wives and your concubines, 6 because you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you, for today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased. 7 Now therefore arise, go out and speak (A)kindly to your servants, for I swear by the Lord, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”
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2 Samuel 17:25 English Standard Version
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
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2 Samuel 2:18 English Standard Version
18 And the (A)three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was (B)as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.
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