2 Samuel 14:22

Modern English Version

Then Joab fell with his face to ground and bowed low and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, since the king has granted the request of his servant.”

Cross References

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:

Job 31:20

if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Job 29:11

When the ear heard, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw, then it approved me,

Nehemiah 11:2

The people blessed all the men who volunteered to dwell in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 19:39

All of the people crossed over the Jordan. And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him and he returned to his own place.

1 Samuel 20:3

David vowed again and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight. And he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be distressed.’ However, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

Ruth 2:2

Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the field and glean among the heads of grain behind anyone in whose eyes I may find favor.” Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Genesis 47:7

Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and presented him to Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

2 Samuel 14:21

Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

2 Samuel 14:23

Then Joab arose and went to Geshur, and he brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:4

As the Tekoan woman spoke to the king, she fell on her face toward the ground and bowed low. Then she said, “Help me, O king.”