2 Samuel 19:13

New International Version

And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my own flesh and blood? May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you are not the commander of my army for life in place of Joab.’ ”

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25

Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether, an Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

1 Kings 19:2

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”

2 Samuel 8:16

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

Ruth 1:17

Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”

1 Chronicles 12:18

Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.

2 Samuel 18:11

Joab said to the man who had told him this, “What! You saw him? Why didn’t you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt.”

Genesis 29:14

Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month,

2 Samuel 3:27

Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.

2 Samuel 5:1

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.

2 Samuel 20:4

Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”