2 Samuel 20:19

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I am one of many peaceful, loyal people in this town. You are trying to destroy an important city of Israel. Why do you want to destroy something that belongs to the Lord?”

Cross References

1 Samuel 26:19

My lord the king, listen to me. If the Lord caused you to be angry with me, let him accept an offering. But if men caused you to be angry with me, I ask the Lord to curse them because they forced me to leave the land that the Lord gave me and told me to go serve other gods.

2 Samuel 21:3

David said to the Gibeonites, “What can I do for you? What can I do to take away Israel’s sin, so that you can bless the Lord’s people?”

1 Timothy 2:2

You should pray for rulers and for all who have authority. Pray for these leaders so that we can live quiet and peaceful lives—lives full of devotion to God and respect for him.

2 Samuel 17:16

“Send a message to David now! Tell him not to spend the night at the places where people cross into the desert. Tell him to go across the Jordan River at once. If he crosses the river, the king and all his people will not be caught.”

2 Corinthians 5:4

While we live in this tent, we have burdens and so we complain. I don’t mean that we want to remove this tent, but we want to be clothed with our heavenly home. Then this body that dies will be covered with life.

1 Corinthians 15:54

So this body that ruins will clothe itself with that which never ruins. And this body that dies will clothe itself with that which never dies. When this happens, the Scriptures will be made true: “Death is swallowed in victory.” Isaiah 25:8

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies laugh at you. They whistle and grind their teeth at you. They say, “We have swallowed them up! This is the day we were hoping for. We have finally seen this happen!”

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and all her fortresses. He has made much sadness and crying for the dead in Daughter Judah.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord destroyed the houses of Jacob. He destroyed them without mercy. In his anger he destroyed the fortresses of Daughter Judah. He threw the kingdom of Judah and its rulers to the ground. He ruined the kingdom of Judah.

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish the false god Bel in Babylon. I will make him vomit out the people he swallowed. The wall around Babylon will fall, and other nations will stop coming to Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:34

“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed us in the past. In the past he hurt us. In the past he took our people away, and we became like an empty jar. He took the best we had. He was like a giant monster that ate everything until it was full. He took the best we had and then threw us away.

Psalm 124:3

They would have swallowed us alive when they became angry with us.

Judges 5:7

“There were no soldiers in Israel until you came, Deborah, until you came to be a mother to Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:9

The Lord chose his people to be his own. The people of Jacob belong to him.

Numbers 26:10

That was the time when the earth opened and swallowed Korah and all of his followers. And 250 men died! That was a warning to all the Israelites.

Numbers 16:32

It was as if the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them. All of Korah’s men, their families, and everything they owned went down into the earth.

Genesis 18:23

Then Abraham approached him and asked, “Will you destroy the good people while you are destroying those who are evil?

Deuteronomy 20:10

“When you go to attack a city, you must first offer peace to the people there.

2 Samuel 14:16

The king will listen to me and save me from the man who wants to kill me and my son. That man just wants to keep us from getting what God gave us.’

2 Samuel 20:18

Then the woman said, “In the past people would say, ‘Ask for help in Abel and you will get what you need.’

2 Samuel 20:20

Joab answered, “I don’t want to destroy anything. I don’t want to ruin your city.

1 Samuel 10:1

Samuel took a jar of the special oil and poured the oil on Saul’s head. Samuel kissed Saul and said, “The Lord has anointed you to be the leader over the people who belong to him. You will control the people. You will save them from the enemies that are all around them. He has anointed you to be ruler over his people. Here is a sign that will prove this is true:

1 Kings 8:53

You have chosen them from all the peoples of the earth to be your own special people. Lord GOD, you promised to do that for us. You used your servant Moses to make that promise when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

Psalm 33:12

Great blessings belong to those who have the Lord as their God! He chose them to be his own special people.

Psalm 78:71

He took him away from the job of caring for sheep and gave him the job of caring for the descendants of Jacob—Israel, his chosen people.

Psalm 106:5

Let me share in the good things that you do for your chosen people. Let me rejoice with your nation. Let me join with your people in praise.