2 Samuel 20:20
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 23:17And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this: [shall I drink] the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
Job 22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 20:15-23
Sheba Pursued. ( b. c. 1023.) 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with… Read the whole commentary →