2 Samuel 14:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Joab prostrated himself with his face to the ground and did obeisance and blessed the king, and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”

Cross References

Genesis 47:7

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.

2 Samuel 14:21

Then the king said to Joab, “Very well, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab set off, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:4

When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said, “Help, O king!”

2 Samuel 19:39

Then all the people crossed over the Jordan, and the king crossed over; the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.

Nehemiah 11:2

And the people blessed all those who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.

Job 29:11

When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved,

Job 31:20

whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband, too, and he praises her:

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

1 Samuel 20:3

But David also swore, “Your father knows well that you like me, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”