2 Samuel 18:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.”
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“And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they go round--ten youths bearing weapons of Joab--and smite Absalom, and put him to death.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 18:15 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 12:10Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
- 2 Samuel 19:11Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Proverbs 17:11An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
- Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
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