2 Samuel 21:17

The Scriptures 2009

But Aḇishai son of Tseruyah came to help him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then Dawiḏ’s men swore to him, saying, “Do not go out with us to battle any more, lest you put out the lamp of Yisra’ĕl.”

Cross References

1 Kings 11:36

And to his son I give one tribe, so that My servant Dawiḏ shall always have a lamp before Me in Yerushalayim, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My Name there.

2 Samuel 18:3

But the people answered, “Do not go out, for if we flee away, they would not set heart upon us. Even if half of us die, they would not set heart upon us. For now, ten thousand are like us. Therefore, it is better for you to support us from the city.”

Psalm 132:17

There I make the horn of Dawiḏ grow; I shall set up a lamp for My Anointed One.”

1 Kings 15:4

But for Dawiḏ’s sake יהוה his Elohim gave him a lamp in Yerushalayim, to raise up his son after him and by establishing Yerushalayim,

John 5:35

“He was the burning and shining lamp, and for a while you wished to rejoice in his light.

Psalm 144:10

Who gives deliverance to sovereigns, Who rescues Dawiḏ His servant From the evil sword.

Psalm 46:1

Elohim is our refuge and strength, A help in distress, soon found.

2 Samuel 22:29

“For You are my lamp, O יהוה, And יהוה makes my darkness light.

2 Samuel 22:19

“They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But יהוה was my support.

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.”

Jeremiah 40:15

Then Yoḥanan son of Qarĕaḥ spoke secretly to Geḏalyahu in Mitspah, saying, “Please let me go and strike Yishma‛ĕl son of Nethanyah, without anyone knowing it. Why should he murder you, and so let all the Yehuḏim who are gathered to you be scattered, and the remnant in Yehuḏah perish?”

2 Samuel 18:2

And Dawiḏ sent out one third of the people under the hand of Yo’aḇ, and one third under the hand of Aḇishai son of Tseruyah, Yo’aḇ’s brother, and one third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the sovereign said to the people, “I shall certainly go out with you too.”