2 Samuel 18:14

New American Bible - revised edition

Joab replied, “I will not waste time with you in this way.” And taking three pikes in hand, he thrust for the heart of Absalom. He was still alive in the tree.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:10

Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

2 Samuel 14:30

He therefore instructed his servants: “You see Joab’s field that borders mine, where he has barley. Go, set it on fire.” And so Absalom’s servants set the field on fire. Joab’s farmhands came to him with torn garments and told him, “Absalom’s servants set your field on fire.”

2 Samuel 18:15

When ten of Joab’s young armor-bearers closed in on Absalom, and killed him with further blows,

2 Samuel 18:5

But the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “Be gentle with young Absalom for my sake.” All the soldiers heard as the king gave commands to the various leaders with regard to Absalom. Defeat of Absalom’s Forces.

2 Samuel 19:1

The king was shaken, and went up to the room over the city gate and wept. He said as he wept, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!” Joab Reproves David.

2 Samuel 19:11

but Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Why, then, should you remain silent about restoring the king to his palace?” When the talk of all Israel reached the king,

Job 20:5

The triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the impious but for a moment?

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a ruthless scoundrel, spreading out like a green cedar.

Psalm 45:5

In the cause of truth, meekness, and justice may your right hand show your wondrous deeds.

Matthew 12:40

Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Judges 4:21

Jael, wife of Heber, got a tent peg and took a mallet in her hand. When Sisera was in a deep sleep from exhaustion, she approached him stealthily and drove the peg through his temple and down into the ground, and he died.

Judges 5:26

With her hand she reached for the peg, with her right hand, the workman’s hammer. She hammered Sisera, crushed his head; she smashed, pierced his temple.

Judges 5:31

So perish all your enemies, O Lord! But may those who love you be like the sun rising in its might! And the land was at rest for forty years.