2 Samuel 13:3

Modern English Version

Now Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, the brother of David, and Jonadab was a very crafty individual.

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

Genesis 38:1

At that time Judah left his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

Genesis 38:20

Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he could not find her.

2 Samuel 13:2

It depressed Amnon to the point of falling ill that Tamar his sister was a virgin, but it was impossible for Amnon to pursue her.

2 Samuel 13:32

But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “My lord should not think that they have killed all of the servants who are the king’s sons. Amnon alone is dead, for this has been determined from the day he raped Tamar, his sister, by the very declaration of Absalom.

2 Samuel 13:4

He asked him, “Why are you, the son of the king, so sullen morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon told him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of Absalom my brother.”

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent a request to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He instructed her, “Act as if you are observing mourning rites. Put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning over the dead like this for many days.

2 Samuel 21:21

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah, the brother of David, struck him down.

1 Chronicles 2:13

Now Jesse fathered his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

1 Chronicles 27:32

Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hakmoni was with the king’s sons.

Esther 5:10

Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself, and when he came to his home, he sent for his friends and for his wife Zeresh.

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends suggested to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits tall be constructed, and in the morning ask the king if Mordecai can be hanged on it. Then go merrily with the king to the banquet.” And the suggestion pleased Haman, so he had the gallows constructed.

Esther 6:13

Haman recounted to his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise friends and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish lineage, then you will not be victorious over him. Rather, you will surely fall before him.”

Proverbs 19:6

Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and every man is the friend to a man who gives gifts.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness,”

James 3:15

This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and devilish.

Judges 14:20

So Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.

1 Samuel 16:11

Samuel said to Jesse, “Are these all your young men?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, there he is shepherding the flock.” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

1 Samuel 16:9

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”