2 Samuel 21:17

Modern English Version

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David made an oath with him, saying, “You shall no longer come out with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”

Cross References

1 Kings 11:36

To his son will I give one tribe, so that My servant David will always have a light before Me in Jerusalem, the city in which I have chosen to put My name.

2 Samuel 18:3

But the people said, “You should not go, for if we retreat, they will not be concerned about us. Even if half of us die, they will not be concerned about us. But now you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore, it would be better to assist us from the city.”

Psalm 132:17

“There will I make the horn of David sprout up; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed.

1 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless, for David’s sake, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem,

John 5:35

He was a burning and a shining lamp, and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

Psalm 144:10

who gives salvation to kings, who delivers David His servant from the deadly sword.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

2 Samuel 22:29

For You are my lamp, O  Lord; the Lord illuminates my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:19

They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the entire family has risen up against your maidservant, and they said, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and we will destroy the heir also.’ So they will extinguish my remaining ember, and leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”

Jeremiah 40:15

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, “Let me go, please, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and no man shall know it. Why should he slay you so that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered and the remnant in Judah perish?”

2 Samuel 18:2

Then David dispatched the people, one-third under the command of Joab, one-third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, and one-third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. Then David said to the people, “I myself will go out with you.”