2 Kings 6:22

The Scriptures 1998

But he said, “Do not smite. Do you smite those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set food and water before them and let them eat and drink and go to their master.”

Cross References

Genesis 48:22

“And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”

Psalm 44:6

For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.

Hosea 1:7

“But I shall have compassion on the house of Yehuḏ

Hosea 2:18

“And in that day I shall make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping creatures of the ground, when bow, and sword, and battle I break from the earth. And I shall make them lie down in safety.

Matthew 5:44

“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those insulting you and persecuting you,

Joshua 24:12

‘And I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two sovereigns of the Amorites, but not with your sword or with your bow.