2 Samuel 3:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.”
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“Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return: and he returned.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and her husband goeth with her, going on and weeping behind her, unto Bahurim, and Abner saith unto him, `Go, turn back;' and he turneth back.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 3:16 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 16:5As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
- 2 Samuel 17:18But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
- 2 Samuel 19:16Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
- 2 Samuel 19:17along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
- 2 Samuel 23:31Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
- 1 Kings 2:8Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
- Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
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