2 Samuel 13:26

New American Bible - revised edition

Absalom then said, “If not you, then please let my brother Amnon come with us.” The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:25

But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, all of us should not go lest we be a burden to you.” And though Absalom urged him, he would not go but began to bid him good-bye.

2 Samuel 13:27

But at Absalom’s urging, the king sent Amnon and with him all his other sons. Absalom prepared a banquet fit for a king.

2 Samuel 20:9

Joab asked Amasa, “Is everything all right, my brother?” and with his right hand held Amasa’s beard as if to kiss him.

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the city gate to speak with him privately. There he stabbed him in the abdomen, and he died for the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

Psalm 55:21

He stretched out his hand at his friends and broke his covenant.

Proverbs 26:24

With their lips enemies pretend, but inwardly they maintain deceit;

Jeremiah 9:7

A murderous arrow is their tongue, their mouths utter deceit; They speak peaceably with their neighbors, but in their hearts they lay an ambush!