2 Samuel 13:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.”
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““If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Absalom saith, `If not--let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;' and the king saith to him, `Why doth he go with thee?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 13:26 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 11:13Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
- 2 Samuel 20:9“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- Proverbs 26:24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
- Jeremiah 9:7Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
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