2 Samuel 21:3

New International Reader's Version

He asked them, “What would you like me to do for you? How can I make up for the wrong things that were done to you? I want you to be able to pray that the Lord will once again bless his land.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:19

We are the most peaceful and faithful people in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up what belongs to the Lord?”

Exodus 32:30

The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a terrible sin. But now I will go up to the Lord. Maybe if I pray to him, he will forgive your sin.”

Leviticus 1:4

They must place their hand on the head of the burnt offering. Then the Lord will accept it in place of them. It will pay for their sin.

Jonah 1:11

The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down?”

Hebrews 9:22

In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be made “clean” with blood. Without the spilling of blood, no one can be forgiven.

1 Samuel 2:25

If a person sins against someone else, God can help that sinner. But if anyone sins against the Lord, who can help them?” In spite of what their father Eli said, his sons didn’t pay any attention to his warning. That’s because the Lord had already decided to put them to death.

1 Samuel 26:19

King Saul, please listen to what I’m saying. Was it the Lord who made you angry with me? If it was, may he accept my offering. Was it people who made you angry at me? If it was, may the Lord see them cursed. They have driven me today from my share of the Lord’s land. By doing that, they might as well have said, ‘Go and serve other gods.’