2 Samuel 2:26

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

then Abner cried aloud unto Joab, and said—To the uttermost, must the sword devour? Dost thou not well know that, bitter, shall it be, in the latter end? How long, then, wilt thou not bid the people turn back from pursuing their own brethren?

Cross References

Jeremiah 46:14

Tell ye it in Egypt, And let it be heard in Migdol, Yea let it be heard in Noph, and in Tahpanhes,—Say ye—Stand thou forth, and prepare thyself, For a sword hath devoured round about thee.

Acts 7:26

On the following day also, he appeared unto them, as they were contending, and would have reconciled them in peace, saying—Men! ye are, brothers! Wherefore wrong ye one another?

Jeremiah 46:10

A day of avenging, to avenge him of his adversaries, When the sword shall devour and be filled, and be sated with their blood,—For, a sacrifice, hath My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, In the land of the North Towards the river Euphrates.

Hosea 11:6

Therefore shall the sword, rage, in his cities, and make an end of his multitudes, and consume them,—because of their counsels.

Jeremiah 12:12

On all the bare heights in the wilderness, have come despoilers, For the sword of Yahweh hath devoured from one end of the land unto the other,—There is peace for no flesh!

Jeremiah 4:21

How long shall I keep on seeing a standard,—continue to hear the sound of a horn?

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain, have I smitten your children, Correction, have they not accepted,—Your sword hath devoured your prophets, as a lion that destroyeth.

Isaiah 1:20

But, if ye refuse and rebel, With the sword, shall ye be devoured, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken it.

Proverbs 17:14

A letting forth of water, is the beginning of strife, therefore, before it breaketh out, abandon, contention.

Psalm 4:2

Ye sons of the great! how long, turning my glory to contempt, will ye love emptiness, will ye seek falsehood? Selah.

Job 19:2

How long will ye grieve my soul? or crush me with words?

Job 18:2

How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.

2 Samuel 11:25

Then said David unto the messenger—Thus, shalt thou say unto Joab,—Let not this thing be grievous in thine eyes, for, now this one, and then that one, doth the sword devour,—make hot thy battle against the city, and overthrow it; Thus embolden thou him.

2 Samuel 2:16

And they caught every one his fellow by the head, with his sword in his fellow’s side, so they fell, together,—and that place was called Helkath-hazzadim, which is in Gideon. (Helkath-hazzadim: Field of Plotters)

2 Samuel 2:14

Then said Abner unto Joab, Let the young men arise, I pray thee, and make sport before us. And Joab said—Let them arise.

2 Samuel 2:25

And, when the sons of Benjamin had gathered themselves together after Abner, and become one band,—and had taken their stand on the top of a certain hill,

2 Samuel 2:27

Then said Joab—As God liveth, surely, if thou hadst not spoken, then in the morning, the people would of themselves have gone up, every man from pursuing his brother.