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2 Samuel 21:17
“But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Israel.”
2 Samuel 21:17 in the King James Version
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.Read 2 Samuel 21:17 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 21
The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Israel.
It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite's brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Cross references for 2 Samuel 21:17
- 1 Kings 11:36
To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
- 2 Samuel 18:3
But the people said, "You shall not go forth; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us o...
- 1 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
- Psalms 132:17
There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
- 2 Samuel 20:6-10
David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than did Absalom. Take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight." There went out after him Joab's ...
- 2 Samuel 14:7
Behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, 'Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.' Thus they would quench my coal whic...
- 2 Samuel 22:29
For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.
- Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- John 1:8-9
He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light. The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
- Psalms 144:10
You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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