2 Samuel 21:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, ‘You must never again go out with us to battle. You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel.’

Cross References

1 Kings 11:36

I will give one tribe  to his son,  so that my servant David will always have a lamp  before me  in Jerusalem, the city I chose for myself to put my name there.

2 Samuel 18:3

‘You must not go! ’  the people pleaded. ‘If we have to flee, they will not pay any attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not pay any attention to us because you are worth  ten thousand of us. Therefore, it is better if you support us from the city.’

1 Kings 15:4

But for the sake of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp  in Jerusalem by raising up his son after him and by preserving Jerusalem.

John 5:35

John   , was a burning and shining lamp,   and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

2 Samuel 22:29

Lord, you are my lamp; the Lord illuminates my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:19

They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant and said, “Hand over the one who killed his brother so we may put him to death for the life of the brother he murdered. We will eliminate the heir! ” They would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on earth.’

Jeremiah 40:15

Then Johanan son of Kareah suggested to Gedaliah in private at Mizpah, ‘Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah. No one will know it. Why should he kill you and allow all of Judah that has gathered around you to scatter and the remnant of Judah to perish? ’

2 Samuel 18:2

He then sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai of Gath. The king said to the troops, ‘I must also march out with you.’