2 Samuel 18:28

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Ahimaaz called out and greeted the king. With face to the ground he paid homage to the king and said, “Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who rebelled against my lord the king.”

Cross References

Genesis 14:20

And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

Genesis 24:27

saying: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not let his kindness and fidelity toward my master fail. As for me, the Lord has led me straight to the house of my master’s brother.”

2 Samuel 1:2

On the third day a man came from the field of battle, one of Saul’s people, with his garments torn and his head covered with dirt. Going to David, he fell to the ground in homage.

2 Samuel 14:4

So the woman of Tekoa went to the king and fell to the ground in homage, saying, “Help, O king!”

2 Samuel 22:27

Toward the sincere you are sincere; but to the perverse you are devious.

2 Chronicles 20:26

On the fourth day they held an assembly in the Valley of Berakah—for there they blessed the Lord; that is why the place is called the Valley of Berakah to this day.

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name give glory because of your mercy and faithfulness.

Psalm 124:6

Blessed is the Lord, who did not leave us to be torn by their teeth.

Psalm 31:8

I will rejoice and be glad in your mercy, once you have seen my misery, [and] gotten to know the distress of my soul.

Exodus 18:10

“Blessed be the Lord,” he said, “who has rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh.

1 Samuel 17:46

Today the Lord shall deliver you into my hand; I will strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will feed your dead body and the dead bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field; thus the whole land shall learn that Israel has a God.

1 Samuel 24:18

Saul then admitted to David: “You are more in the right than I am. You have treated me graciously, while I have treated you badly.

1 Samuel 25:23

As soon as Abigail saw David, she dismounted quickly from the donkey and, falling down, bowed low to the ground before David in homage.

1 Samuel 26:8

Abishai whispered to David: “God has delivered your enemy into your hand today. Let me nail him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I will not need to strike him twice!”