2 Samuel 17:9

Free Bible Version

Right now he's holed up in a cave or some place like that. If he attacks first and some of your men are killed, people who hear about it will say, ‘Absalom's men are being slaughtered.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:10

Then even the bravest soldier who has the heart of a lion will be scared to death, because everyone in Israel knows that your father is a powerful man who has brave men with him.

2 Samuel 17:8

“You know what your father and his men are like. They're great fighters, and now they're as furious as a she-bear robbed of her cubs. In any case, your father is experienced in military tactics, and he won't spend the night with his men.

Jeremiah 41:9

(The cistern where Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he'd killed, including Gedaliah, was a large one that King Asa had dug because of the threat of attack by Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael filled it with bodies.)

Joshua 7:5

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing the Israelites from the town gate until they were defeated, killing them on their way down. At this the Israelites became afraid, losing all their courage.

Joshua 8:6

They'll chase after us as we draw them away from the town, because they'll say to each other, ‘They're running away from us just like before.’

1 Samuel 22:1

David escaped and went to the cave of Adullam. When they heard where he was his brothers and all the rest of his family went and joined him there.

1 Samuel 23:22

“Please go and make absolutely sure you know exactly where he is—where he stays and who has seen him there—because people tell me that he's very devious.

1 Samuel 24:3

As Saul passed the sheep pens on the way, there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. David and his men were hiding deep inside the cave.