2 Samuel 17:2

New English Translation

When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:14

The king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted at their destination, where David refreshed himself.

2 Samuel 17:1

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me pick out twelve thousand men. Then I will go and pursue David this very night.

1 Kings 22:31

Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel.”

Nehemiah 4:5

Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders!

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

Matthew 26:31

Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

John 11:50

You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.”

Deuteronomy 25:18

how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God.