2 Samuel 4:1 - Tree of Life Version

¹ Now when Saul’s son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage sank, and all the Israelites were disturbed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN ISH-BOSHETH, Saul's son [king over Israel], heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his courage failed, and all the Israelites were troubled and dismayed.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And when Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

Common English Bible

¹ When Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost his courage, and all Israel was alarmed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, heard that Abner had fallen in Hebron. And his hands were weakened, and all of Israel was troubled.

2 Samuel 4:1 Cross References

Ezra 4:4

Then the people of the land began discouraging the people of Judah and making them afraid to build.

Isaiah 13:7

Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

Jeremiah 6:24

“We have heard of their fame. Our hands hang limp; anguish has gripped us, pain like a woman in labor.

Zephaniah 3:16

On that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, ‘Have no fear, O Zion, do not let your hands fall limp.

Jeremiah 50:43

Babylon’s king heard news of them. His hands droop; anguish grabs him, agony like a woman in labor.

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the limp hands, make firm the wobbly knees.

Nehemiah 6:9

For they were all trying to intimidate us, thinking, “Their hands will become weak from the work and it will not be done.” So now, strengthen my hands!

2 Samuel 17:2

I will attack him while he is weary and weak-handed, and terrify him so that all the people that are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king when he is alone.

2 Samuel 3:27

Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the groin, so that he died—on account of the blood of his brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 2:8

Now Abner son of Ner, Saul’s army commander, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, and brought him over to Mahanaim.