2 Samuel 20:12
New King James Version
12 But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came upon him halted.
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Proverbs 24:21-22
New King James Version
21 My son, (A)fear the Lord and the king;
Do not associate with those given to change;
22 For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin those two can bring?
Psalm 9:16
New King James Version
16 The Lord is (A)known by the judgment He executes;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
(B)Meditation.[a] Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:16 Heb. Higgaion
Psalm 55:23
New King James Version
23 But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
(A)Bloodthirsty and deceitful men (B)shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.
2 Samuel 17:25
New King James Version
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
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