2 Samuel 3:1

New English Translation

However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”

2 Samuel 2:17

Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers.

2 Samuel 2:28

Then Joab blew the ram’s horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting.

2 Samuel 22:44

You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

2 Samuel 3:6

As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential in the house of Saul.

2 Samuel 5:10

David’s power grew steadily, for the Lord God who commands armies was with him.

1 Kings 14:30

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

1 Kings 15:16

Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.

1 Kings 15:32

Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other.

1 Chronicles 11:9

David’s power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him.

1 Chronicles 3:1

These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel; the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel;

Esther 6:13

Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men, along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, “If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish, you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!”

Esther 9:4

Mordecai was of high rank in the king’s palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence continued to become greater and greater.

Job 17:9

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Job 8:7

Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

Psalm 18:43

You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

Psalm 46:9

He brings an end to wars throughout the earth; he shatters the bow and breaks the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

Psalm 84:7

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

Ephesians 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

Revelation 6:2

So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer.