2 Samuel 15:14

Catholic Public Domain Version

And David said to his servants, who were with him in Jerusalem: "Rise up, let us flee! For otherwise there will be no escape for us from the face of Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest perhaps, upon arriving, he may seize us, and force ruin upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword."

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:11

And so, thus says the Lord: 'Behold, I will raise up over you an evil from your own house. And I will take your wives away before your eyes, and I will give them to your neighbor. And he will sleep with your wives in the sight of this sun.

2 Samuel 15:15

And the servants of the king said to him, "Everything whatsoever that our lord the king will command, we your servants shall carry out willingly."

2 Samuel 19:10

But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in the war. How long will you be silent, and not lead back the king?"

2 Samuel 19:9

And all the people were conflicted, in all the tribes of Israel, saying: "The king has freed us from the hand of our enemies. He himself saved us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he flees from the land for the sake of Absalom.

Ezekiel 46:18

And the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people by force, nor from their possession. Instead, from his own possession, he shall give an inheritance to his sons, so that my people will not be scattered, each one from his possession."

Matthew 11:12

But from the days of John the Baptist, even until now, the kingdom of heaven has endured violence, and the violent carry it away.

Luke 10:15

And as for you, Capernaum, who would be exalted even up to Heaven: you shall be submerged into Hell.