2 Samuel 3:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ And the fighting between the house of Sha’ul and the house of Dawiḏ was long drawn out. But Dawiḏ was going on and was strong, and the house of Sha’ul was going on and was weak.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THERE WAS a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

Common English Bible

¹ The war between Saul’s house and David’s house was long and drawn out. David kept getting stronger, while Saul’s house kept getting weaker.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then a long struggle occurred between the house of Saul and the house of David, with David prospering and growing ever stronger, but the house of Saul decreasing daily.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.

2 Samuel 3:1 Cross References

Genesis 3:15

And I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall crush your head, and you shall crush His heel.”

2 Samuel 2:17

And the battle was fierce that day, and Aḇnĕr and the men of Yisra’ĕl were smitten before the servants of Dawiḏ.

2 Samuel 2:28

Yo’aḇ then blew with a shophar, and all the people halted and pursued Yisra’ĕl no further, nor did they fight any more.

2 Samuel 22:44

“And You deliver me from the strivings of my people, You safeguard me as the head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.

2 Samuel 3:6

And it came to be, while there was fighting between the house of Sha’ul and the house of Dawiḏ, that Aḇnĕr was strengthening himself in the house of Sha’ul.

2 Samuel 5:10

And Dawiḏ went on and became great, and יהוה Elohim of hosts was with him.

1 Kings 14:30

And there was fighting between Reḥaḇ‛am and Yaroḇ‛am all the days.

1 Kings 15:16

And there was fighting between Asa and Ba‛asha sovereign of Yisra’ĕl all their days.

1 Kings 15:32

And there was fighting between Asa and Ba‛asha sovereign of Yisra’ĕl all their days.

1 Chronicles 11:9

And Dawiḏ went on and became great, and יהוה of hosts was with him.

1 Chronicles 3:1

And these were the sons of Dawiḏ who were born to him in Ḥeḇron: The first-born was Amnon, by Aḥino‛am the Yizre‛ĕlitess; the second, Dani’ĕl, by Aḇiḡayil the Karmelitess;

Esther 6:13

And when Haman related to his wife Zeresh and all his loved ones all that had befallen him, his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordeḵai, before whom you have begun to fall, is from the seed of the Yehuḏim, you are not going to prevail against him but certainly fall before him.”

Esther 9:4

For Mordeḵai was great in the palace of the sovereign, and his report spread into all the provinces, for this man Mordeḵai became greater and greater.

Job 17:9

And the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands becomes stronger and stronger.

Job 8:7

Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.

Psalm 18:43

You deliver me from the strivings of the people, You set me at the head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.

Psalm 46:9

Causing all fighting to cease, Unto the end of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the chariot with fire.

Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength, Appearing before Elohim in Tsiyon.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you desire to do.

Ephesians 6:12

Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual matters of wickedness in the heavenlies.

Revelation 6:2

And I looked and saw a white horse, and he who sat on it holding a bow. And a crown was given to him, and he went out overcoming and to overcome.