2 Samuel 20:19

New Living Translation

I am one who is peace loving and faithful in Israel. But you are destroying an important town in Israel. Why do you want to devour what belongs to the Lord?”

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

Abraham approached him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked?

2 Samuel 14:16

and rescue us from those who would cut us off from the inheritance God has given us.

2 Samuel 17:16

“Quick!” he told them. “Find David and urge him not to stay at the shallows of the Jordan River tonight. He must go across at once into the wilderness beyond. Otherwise he will die and his entire army with him.”

2 Samuel 20:18

Then she continued, “There used to be a saying, ‘If you want to settle an argument, ask advice at the town of Abel.’

2 Samuel 20:20

And Joab replied, “Believe me, I don’t want to devour or destroy your town!

2 Samuel 21:3

David asked them, “What can I do for you? How can I make amends so that you will bless the Lord’s people again?”

1 Kings 8:53

For when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Sovereign Lord, you told your servant Moses that you had set Israel apart from all the nations of the earth to be your own special possession.”

Psalm 106:5

Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage.

Psalm 124:3

They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger.

Psalm 33:12

What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord, whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.

Psalm 78:71

He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants— God’s own people, Israel.

Jeremiah 51:34

“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has eaten and crushed us and drained us of strength. He has swallowed us like a great monster and filled his belly with our riches. He has thrown us out of our own country.

Jeremiah 51:44

And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon, and make him vomit up all he has eaten. The nations will no longer come and worship him. The wall of Babylon has fallen!

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say, “We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”

Lamentations 2:2

Without mercy the Lord has destroyed every home in Israel. In his anger he has broken down the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem. He has brought them to the ground, dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.

Lamentations 2:5

Yes, the Lord has vanquished Israel like an enemy. He has destroyed her palaces and demolished her fortresses. He has brought unending sorrow and tears upon beautiful Jerusalem.

Numbers 16:32

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned.

Numbers 26:10

But the earth opened up its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, and fire devoured 250 of their followers. This served as a warning to the entire nation of Israel.

1 Corinthians 15:54

Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in victory.

2 Corinthians 5:4

While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.

Deuteronomy 20:10

“As you approach a town to attack it, you must first offer its people terms for peace.

Deuteronomy 32:9

“For the people of Israel belong to the Lord; Jacob is his special possession.

1 Timothy 2:2

Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.

Judges 5:7

There were few people left in the villages of Israel— until Deborah arose as a mother for Israel.

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul’s head. He kissed Saul and said, “I am doing this because the Lord has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, his special possession.

1 Samuel 26:19

But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the Lord. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the Lord’s people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.’