2 Samuel 14:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Your servant had two sons, who quarreled in the field, with no one to part them, and one of them struck his brother and killed him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:8

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out in the field.” When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

2 Samuel 13:28

But Absalom had instructed his attendants: “Now watch! When Amnon is merry with wine and I say to you, ‘Kill Amnon,’ put him to death. Do not be afraid, for it is I who order you to do it. Be strong and act like warriors.” Death of Amnon.

2 Samuel 13:29

When the attendants did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded, all the king’s other sons rose up, mounted their mules, and fled.

2 Samuel 14:5

The king said to her, “What do you want?” She replied: “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 14:7

Then the whole clan confronted your servant and demanded: ‘Give up the one who struck down his brother. We must put him to death for the life of his brother whom he has killed; we must do away with the heir also.’ Thus they will quench my remaining hope and leave my husband neither name nor posterity upon the earth.”

Exodus 2:13

The next day he went out again, and now two Hebrews were fighting! So he asked the culprit, “Why are you striking your companion?”