2 Samuel 24:16

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But when the Messenger stretched out his arm to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord changed his mind about the disaster. “Enough!” he said to the Messenger who was destroying the people. “Put down your weapon.” The Messenger of the Lord was at the threshing floor  of Araunah the Jebusite.

Cross References

Genesis 10:16

also the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Genesis 6:6

The Lord was sorry that he had made humans on the earth, and he was heartbroken.

2 Samuel 24:18

That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go, set up an altar for the Lord at Araunah the Jebusite’s threshing floor.”

2 Samuel 5:8

That day David said, “Whoever wants to defeat the Jebusites must reach the lame and the blind who hate me by using the water shaft.” So there is a saying, “The blind and the lame will not get into the palace.”

1 Kings 19:4

Then he traveled through the wilderness for a day. He sat down under a broom plant and wanted to die. “I’ve had enough now, Lord,” he said. “Take my life! I’m no better than my ancestors.”

2 Kings 19:35

It happened that night. The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⌞soldiers⌟ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.

1 Chronicles 1:14

also the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

2 Chronicles 3:1

Solomon began to build the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to his father David. There David had prepared the site on the threshing floor  of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Chronicles 32:21

The Lord sent an angel who exterminated all the soldiers, officials, and commanders in the Assyrian king’s camp. Humiliated, Sennacherib returned to his own country. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him with a sword.

Psalm 135:14

The Lord will provide justice for his people and have compassion on his servants.

Psalm 35:6

Let their path be dark and slippery as the Messenger of the Lord pursues them.

Psalm 78:38

But he is compassionate. He forgave their sin. He did not destroy them. He restrained his anger many times. He did not display all of his fury.

Psalm 90:13

Return, Lord! How long … ? Change your plans about ⌞us,⌟ your servants.

Exodus 12:13

But the blood on your houses will be a sign for your protection. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. Nothing will touch or destroy you when I strike Egypt.

Exodus 12:23

The Lord will go throughout Egypt to kill the Egyptians. When he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, he will pass over that doorway, and he will not let the destroyer come into your home to kill you.

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord reconsidered his threat to destroy his people.

Exodus 9:28

Pray to the Lord. We’ve had enough of God’s thunder and hail. I’ll let you go; you don’t have to stay here any longer.”

Isaiah 27:8

He punished Israel by sending it away. He removed it with a fierce blast from the east winds.

Isaiah 57:16

I will not accuse you forever. I will not be angry with you forever. Otherwise, the spirits, the lives of those I’ve made, would grow faint in my presence.

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Judah’s King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah put Micah to death? No! Hezekiah feared the Lord and sought the Lord’s favor. So the Lord changed his plan about the disaster he intended to bring on them. But we are about to bring a bigger disaster on ourselves.”

Jeremiah 42:10

Suppose you stay in this land. Then I will build you up and not tear you down. I will plant you and not uproot you. I will change my plans about the disaster I’ve brought on you.

Amos 7:3

The Lord changed his plans about this. “This won’t happen,” the Lord said.

Amos 7:6

The Lord changed his plans about this. “This won’t happen either,” the Almighty Lord said.

Habakkuk 3:2

Lord, I have heard the report about you. Lord, I fear your work. In the course of the years, renew it. In the course of the years, reveal it. In all this chaos, remember to be merciful.

Zechariah 9:7

I will remove the blood from their mouths and the disgusting things from between their teeth. Then only a few of them will be left for our God like a tribe in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.

Mark 14:41

He came back a third time and said to them, “You might as well sleep now. It’s all over. The time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinners.

Acts 12:23

Immediately, an angel from the Lord killed Herod for not giving glory to God. Herod was eaten by maggots, and he died.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Don’t complain as some of them did. The angel of death destroyed them.

2 Corinthians 2:6

The majority of you have imposed a severe enough punishment on that person.

Joshua 15:63

However, Judah was not able to force out the people of Jebus who lived in Jerusalem. So they still live with Judah in Jerusalem today.

Judges 1:21

The men of Benjamin did not force out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. The Jebusites still live with the tribe of Benjamin in Jerusalem today.

Judges 19:11

By the time they were near Jebus, it was very late in the day. The Levite’s servant said to him, “Let’s go spend the night in Jebus.”

1 Samuel 15:11

“I regret that I made Saul king. He turned away from me and did not carry out my instructions.” Samuel was angry, and he prayed to the Lord all night.