2 Samuel 13:28

New Living Translation

Absalom told his men, “Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don’t be afraid. I’m the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”

Cross References

Genesis 9:21

One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.

2 Samuel 11:13

Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn’t get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.

2 Samuel 11:15

The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”

2 Samuel 12:10

From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own.

2 Samuel 13:27

But Absalom kept on pressing the king until he finally agreed to let all his sons attend, including Amnon. So Absalom prepared a feast fit for a king.

2 Samuel 14:6

My two sons had a fight out in the field. And since no one was there to stop it, one of them was killed.

1 Kings 20:16

About noontime, as Ben-hadad and the thirty-two allied kings were still in their tents drinking themselves into a stupor,

Esther 1:10

On the seventh day of the feast, when King Xerxes was in high spirits because of the wine, he told the seven eunuchs who attended him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas—

Psalm 104:15

wine to make them glad, olive oil to soothe their skin, and bread to give them strength.

Exodus 1:18

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. “Why have you done this?” he demanded. “Why have you allowed the boys to live?”

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A party gives laughter, wine gives happiness, and money gives everything!

Ecclesiastes 9:7

So go ahead. Eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of this!

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.

Nahum 1:10

His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field.

Luke 21:34

“Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware,

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.

Joshua 1:9

This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Judges 19:22

While they were enjoying themselves, a crowd of troublemakers from the town surrounded the house. They began beating at the door and shouting to the old man, “Bring out the man who is staying with you so we can have sex with him.”

Judges 19:6

So the two men sat down together and had something to eat and drink. Then the woman’s father said, “Please stay another night and enjoy yourself.”

Judges 19:9

Later, as the man and his concubine and servant were preparing to leave, his father-in-law said, “Look, it’s almost evening. Stay the night and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow you can get up early and be on your way.”

Ruth 3:7

After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he lay down at the far end of the pile of grain and went to sleep. Then Ruth came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

1 Samuel 18:22

Then Saul told his men to say to David, “The king really likes you, and so do we. Why don’t you accept the king’s offer and become his son-in-law?”

1 Samuel 28:10

But Saul took an oath in the name of the Lord and promised, “As surely as the Lord lives, nothing bad will happen to you for doing this.”

1 Samuel 28:13

“Don’t be afraid!” the king told her. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” she said.