2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not know it will be bitter in the end? How long will it be before you tell your men to stop pursuing their brothers?”
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25The men of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner and stood on the top of the hill.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:14Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise and compete before us.” Then Joab said, “Let them arise.”
2 Samuel 11:25Then David said to the messenger, “Say this to Joab, 'Do not let this displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle even stronger against the city, and overthrow it,' and encourage him.”
Job 19:2“How long will you make me suffer 1 and break me into pieces with words? 1
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of conflict is like one who releases water everywhere, 1 so walk away from the dispute before it has broken out. 1
Jeremiah 2:30I have punished your people in vain. They would not accept discipline. 1 Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destructive lion! 1
Jeremiah 12:12Destroyers have come against all the bare places in the wilderness, 1 for Yahweh's sword is devouring from one end of the land to the other. 2 There is no safety in the land for any living creature. 1
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:26-32
25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. 28 So Joab blew a… Read the whole commentary →