2 Samuel 14:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.”
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“Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he saith unto his servants, `See, the portion of Joab <FI>is<Fi> by the side of mine, and he hath barley there; go, and burn it with fire;' and the servants of Absalom burn the portion with fire.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 14:30 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 15:4Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
- Judges 15:5Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
- 1 Kings 21:9In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
- 2 Kings 9:33“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
- 2 Kings 10:6Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
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