2 Samuel 13:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, and Jonadab was a very crafty man.

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

Genesis 38:1

It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and settled near a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.

Genesis 38:20

When Judah sent the kid by his friend the Adullamite to recover the pledge from the woman, he could not find her.

2 Samuel 13:2

Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 13:32

But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons; Amnon alone is dead. This has been determined by Absalom from the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:4

He said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

2 Samuel 14:2

Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

2 Samuel 21:21

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

1 Chronicles 2:13

Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

1 Chronicles 27:32

Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe; Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended the king’s sons.

Esther 5:10

nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. Then he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

Esther 5:14

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a pole fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hung on it; then go with the king to the banquet in good spirits.” This advice pleased Haman, and he had the pole made.

Esther 6:13

When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him, his advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is of the Jewish people, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.”

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish; they do not know me; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil but do not know how to do good.”

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

James 3:15

This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.

Judges 14:20

And Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.

1 Samuel 16:11

Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

1 Samuel 16:9

Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”