2 Samuel 14:6

The Scriptures 2009

“And your female servant had two sons. And the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:8

And Qayin told Heḇel his brother. And it came to be when they were in the field, that Qayin rose up against Heḇel his brother and killed him.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Aḇshalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch, and when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I shall say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave.”

2 Samuel 13:29

Then the servants of Aḇshalom did to Amnon as Aḇshalom had commanded. Then all the sons of the sovereign rose up, and each one mounted his mule and fled.

2 Samuel 14:5

And the sovereign said to her, “What is your trouble?” And she answered, “Truly I am a widow, my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 14:7

“And see, the entire clan has risen up against your female servant and said, ‘Give him who struck his brother, so that we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would extinguish my burning coal that is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the earth.”

Exodus 2:13

And he went out the second day and saw two Hebrew men fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your neighbour?”