2 Samuel 18:14

New Century Version

Joab said, “I won’t waste time here with you!” Absalom was still alive in the oak tree, so Joab took three spears and stabbed him in the heart.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:10

Now there will always be people in your family who will die by a sword, because you did not respect me; you took the wife of Uriah the Hittite for yourself!’

2 Samuel 14:30

Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley growing there. Go burn it.” So Absalom’s servants set fire to Joab’s field.

2 Samuel 18:15

Ten young men who carried Joab’s armor also gathered around Absalom and struck him and killed him.

2 Samuel 18:5

The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Be gentle with young Absalom for my sake.” Everyone heard the king’s orders to the commanders about Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:1

People told Joab, “Look, the king is sad and crying because of Absalom.”

2 Samuel 19:11

King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, that said, “Speak to the elders of Judah. Say, ‘Even in my house I have heard what all the Israelites are saying. So why are you the last tribe to bring the king back to his palace?

Job 20:5

The happiness of evil people is brief, and the joy of the wicked lasts only a moment.

Psalm 37:35

I saw a wicked and cruel man who looked strong like a healthy tree in good soil.

Psalm 45:5

Your sharp arrows will enter the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations will be defeated before you.

Matthew 12:40

Jonah was in the stomach of the big fish for three days and three nights. In the same way, the Son of Man will be in the grave three days and three nights.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, “We have peace and we are safe,” they will be destroyed quickly. It is like pains that come quickly to a woman having a baby. Those people will not escape.

Judges 4:21

But Jael, the wife of Heber, took a tent peg and a hammer and quietly went to Sisera. Since he was very tired, he was in a deep sleep. She hammered the tent peg through the side of Sisera’s head and into the ground. And so Sisera died.

Judges 5:26

Jael reached out and took the tent peg. Her right hand reached for the workman’s hammer. She hit Sisera! She smashed his head! She crushed and pierced the side of his head!

Judges 5:31

“Let all your enemies die this way, Lord! But let all the people who love you be as strong as the rising sun!” Then there was peace in the land for forty years.