1 Kings 2:32

New Century Version

Without my father knowing it, he killed two men who were much better than he was—Abner son of Ner, the commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, the commander of Judah’s army. So the Lord will pay him back for those deaths.

Cross References

Genesis 4:11

And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother’s blood fell and where your hands killed him.

Genesis 42:22

Then Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy, but you refused to listen to me. So now we are being punished for what we did to him.”

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever kills a human being will be killed by a human being, because God made humans in his own image.

2 Samuel 1:16

David had said to the Amalekite, “You are responsible for your own death. You confessed by saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s appointed king.’ ”

2 Samuel 17:25

Absalom had made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether the Ishmaelite. Amasa’s mother was Abigail daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

2 Samuel 3:29

Joab and his family are responsible for this. May his family always have someone with sores or with a skin disease. May they always have someone who must lean on a crutch. May some of his family be killed in war. May they always have someone without food to eat.”

2 Samuel 3:37

That day all the people of Judah and Israel understood that David did not order the killing of Abner son of Ner.

2 Samuel 3:39

Even though I am the appointed king, I feel empty. These sons of Zeruiah are too much for me. May the Lord give them the punishment they should have.”

2 Samuel 4:11

So even more I must put you evil men to death because you have killed an innocent man on his own bed in his own house!”

1 Kings 2:44

The king also said, “You know the many wrong things you did to my father David, so now the Lord will punish you for those wrongs.

1 Kings 2:5

“Also, you remember what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me. He killed the two commanders of Israel’s armies: Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He did this as if he and they were at war, although it was a time of peace. He put their blood on the belt around his waist and on his sandals on his feet.

1 Kings 8:32

then hear in heaven. Judge the case, punish the guilty, but declare that the innocent person is not guilty.

2 Chronicles 21:13

But you have lived as the kings of Israel lived, leading the people of Judah and Jerusalem to sin against God, as Ahab and his family did. You have killed your brothers, and they were better than you.

2 Chronicles 21:14

So now the Lord is about to punish your people, your children, wives, and everything you own.

Esther 1:19

“So, our king, if it pleases you, give a royal order, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be changed. The law should say Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her place as queen to someone who is better than she is.

Psalm 7:16

They will get themselves into trouble; the violence they cause will hurt only themselves.

Psalm 7:17

I praise the Lord because he does what is right. I sing praises to the Lord Most High.

Ezekiel 17:19

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: As surely as I live, this is true: I will pay back the king of Judah for hating my promise and breaking my agreement.

Numbers 32:23

“But if you don’t do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord; know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Judges 9:24

Abimelech had killed Gideon’s seventy sons, his own brothers, and the leaders of Shechem had helped him. So God sent the evil spirit to punish them.

Judges 9:57

God also punished the men of Shechem for the evil they had done. So the curse spoken by Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, came true.

1 Samuel 15:28

Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors who is better than you.