2 Samuel 18:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ And they took Aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest and raised a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled, everyone to his own home.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ They took Absalom and threw him into a big pit in the forest. They piled over him a huge heap of stones. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And they took Absalom, and they threw him into a great pit in the forest. And they piled an exceedingly great heap of stones over him. But all of Israel fled to their own tents.

2 Samuel 18:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 19:5

And Yo’aḇ

2 Samuel 19:8

So the sovereign rose up and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, “Look, the sovereign is sitting in the gate.” And all the people came before the sovereign. As for Yisra’ĕ

2 Samuel 19:9

And it came to be, that all the people were contending throughout all the tribes of Yisra’ĕ

2 Samuel 20:1

And there came to be a man of Beliyaʽ

2 Samuel 20:22

So the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheḇ

2 Kings 14:12

And Yehuḏ

2 Kings 8:21

And Yoram passed over to Tsaʽ

Proverbs 10:7

The remembrance of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wrong ones rot.

Deuteronomy 21:20

and shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is wayward and rebellious. He is not listening to our voice, he is a glutton and a drunkard.’

Deuteronomy 21:21

“Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst. And let all Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 10:27

And it came to be, at the time of the going down of the sun, that Yehoshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and threw them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid large stones against the cave’s mouth, to this day.

Joshua 7:26

And they raised over him a great heap of stones, which remains to this day. Then יהוה  turned from the fierceness of His displeasure. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Aḵ

Joshua 8:29

And he hanged the sovereign of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Yehoshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree, and throw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones, to this day.

1 Samuel 4:10

And the Philistines fought, and Yisra’ĕ