2 Samuel 20:19

I am a peaceable one of the strong ones in Israel; but thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother-city in Israel: why dost thou seek to ruin the inheritance of the Lord?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

In Context

18And she spoke, saying, Of old time they said thus, Surely one was asked in Abel, and Dan, whether the faithful in Israel failed in what they purposed; they will surely ask in Abel, even in like manner, whether they have failed.

20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should ruin or destroy.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:23And Abraham drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?

Numbers 16:32And the ground opened, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that were with Korah, and their cattle.

Deuteronomy 32:9And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, 1 Israel was the line of his inheritance. 1

1 Samuel 10:1And Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said to him, Has not the Lord anointed thee for a ruler over his people, over Israel? and thou shalt rule among the people of the Lord, and thou shalt save them out of the hand of their enemies; and this shall be the sign to thee that the Lord has anointed thee for a ruler over his inheritance.

2 Samuel 17:16And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: even go and make haste, lest one swallow up the king, and all the people with him.

1 Kings 8:53a Then spoke Solomon concerning the house, when he had finished building it— 1 He manifested the sun in the heaven: 1 The Lord said he would dwell in darkness: 1 Build thou my house, a beautiful house 1 For thyself to dwell in anew. Behold, is not this written in the book of the song?

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 →

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