2 Samuel 20:9

Good News Translation

Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my friend?” and took hold of his beard with his right hand in order to kiss him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:5

When the man would approach Absalom to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out, take hold of him, and kiss him.

2 Samuel 17:25

Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army in the place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether the Ishmaelite; his mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah.)

2 Samuel 18:29

“Is the young man Absalom all right?” the king asked. Ahimaaz answered, “Sir, when your officer Joab sent me, I saw a great commotion, but I couldn't tell what it was.”

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner arrived in Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate, as though he wanted to speak privately with him, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. And so Abner was murdered because he had killed Joab's brother Asahel.

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will punish Joab for those murders, which he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah.

Psalm 55:21

His words were smoother than cream, but there was hatred in his heart; his words were as soothing as oil, but they cut like sharp swords.

Proverbs 26:23

Insincere talk that hides what you are really thinking is like a fine glaze on a cheap clay pot.

Proverbs 27:6

Friends mean well, even when they hurt you. But when an enemy puts his arm around your shoulder—watch out!

Jeremiah 41:2

Ishmael and the ten men with him pulled out their swords and killed Gedaliah.

Micah 7:2

There is not an honest person left in the land, no one loyal to God. Everyone is waiting for a chance to commit murder. Everyone hunts down their own people.

Judges 3:15

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he sent someone to free them. This was Ehud, a left-handed man, who was the son of Gera, from the tribe of Benjamin. The people of Israel sent Ehud to King Eglon of Moab with gifts for him.