2 Samuel 20:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We are Israelites, and we want peace! You can trust us. Why are you trying to destroy a town that's like a mother in Israel? Why do you want to wipe out the LORD's people?”

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

who asked, “LORD, when you destroy the evil people, are you also going to destroy those who are good?

2 Samuel 14:16

In fact, I knew that you would listen and save my son and me from those who want to take the land that God gave us.

2 Samuel 17:16

Then he said, “Hurry! Send someone to warn David not to spend the night on this side of the river. He must get across the river, so he and the others won't be wiped out!”

2 Samuel 20:18

She said, “Long ago people used to say, ‘If you want good advice, go to the town of Abel to get it.’ The answers they got here were all that was needed to settle any problem.

2 Samuel 20:20

Joab answered, “No, no! I'm not trying to wipe you out or destroy your town!

2 Samuel 21:3

He said, “What can I do to make up for what Saul did, so that you'll ask the LORD to be kind to his people again?”

1 Kings 8:53

When you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, you told your servant Moses to say to them, “From all people on earth, the LORD God has chosen you to be his very own.”

Psalm 106:5

Let me prosper with the rest of your chosen ones, as they celebrate with pride because they belong to you.

Psalm 124:3

would have killed us all, because it was furious.

Psalm 33:12

The LORD blesses each nation that worships only him. He blesses his chosen ones.

Psalm 78:71

and from caring for lambs. Then God made him the leader of Israel, his own nation.

Jeremiah 51:34

The people of Jerusalem say, “King Nebuchadnezzar made us panic. That monster stuffed himself with us and our treasures, leaving us empty— he gobbled up what he wanted and spat out the rest.

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish Marduk, the god of Babylon, and make him vomit everything he gobbled up. Then nations will no longer bring him gifts, and Babylon's walls will crumble.

Lamentations 2:16

Zion, your enemies curse you and snarl like wild animals, while shouting, “This is the day we've waited for! At last, we've got you!”

Lamentations 2:2

The LORD had no mercy! He destroyed the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down every walled city in Judah; he toppled the nation together with its leaders, leaving them in shame.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord was like an enemy! He left Israel in ruins with its palaces and fortresses destroyed, and with everyone in Judah moaning and weeping.

Numbers 16:32

and swallowed them alive, together with their families and everything they owned. Then the ground closed back up, and they were gone.

Numbers 26:10

That's when the LORD made the earth open up and swallow Dathan, Abiram, and Korah. At the same time, fire destroyed two hundred and fifty men as a warning to the other Israelites.

1 Corinthians 15:54

The bodies we now have are weak and can die. But they will be changed into bodies that are eternal. Then the Scriptures will come true, “Death has lost the battle!

2 Corinthians 5:4

These tents we now live in are like a heavy burden, and we groan. But we don't do this just because we want to leave these bodies that will die. It is because we want to change them for bodies that will never die.

Deuteronomy 20:10

Before you attack a town that is far from your land, offer peace to the people who live there. If they surrender and open their town gates, they will become your slaves. But if they reject your offer of peace and try to fight, surround their town and attack. Then, after the LORD helps you capture it, kill all the men. Take the women and children as slaves and keep the livestock and everything else of value.

Deuteronomy 32:9

but the LORD himself takes care of Israel.

1 Timothy 2:2

Pray for kings and others in power, so that we may live quiet and peaceful lives as we worship and honour God.

Judges 5:7

and villagers couldn't work in their fields. Then Deborah took command, protecting Israel as a mother protects her children.

1 Samuel 10:1

Samuel took a small jar of olive oil and poured it on Saul's head. Then he kissed Saul and told him: The LORD has chosen you to be the leader and ruler of his people.

1 Samuel 26:19

Please listen to what I have to say. If the LORD has turned you against me, perhaps a sacrifice will make him change his mind. But if some people have turned you against me, I hope the LORD will punish them! They have forced me to leave the land that belongs to the LORD and have told me to worship foreign gods.