2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker.
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2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker.
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Genesis 3:15
I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
Esther 6:13
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”
Job 8:7
Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
Psalms 45:3
Strap your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.
Psalms 45:4
In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
Psalms 45:5
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
Daniel 2:35
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Revelation 11:15
The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
Revelation 19:13
He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”
Revelation 19:14
The armies which are in heaven, clothed in white, pure, fine linen, followed him on white horses.
Revelation 19:15
Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
Revelation 19:16
He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”
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Genesis 8:3
The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.
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Genesis 26:13
The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
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Genesis 41:19
and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
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Deuteronomy 33:7
This is for Judah. He said, “Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries.”
2 Samuel 5:19
David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?” Yahweh said to David, “Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
2 Samuel 5:24
When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then stir yourself up; for then Yahweh has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”
2 Chronicles 17:13
He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 17:14
This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor;
2 Chronicles 17:15
and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;
2 Chronicles 17:16
and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
2 Chronicles 17:17
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
2 Chronicles 17:18
and next to him Jehozabad, and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready and prepared for war.
2 Chronicles 17:19
These were those who waited on the king, in addition to those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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1 Samuel 2:26
The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh and also with men.
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1 Samuel 14:50
The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
1 Samuel 26:5
Then David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped around him.
1 Samuel 31:7
When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
2 Samuel 2:8
Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 3:36
All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
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1 Samuel 26:6
Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”
1 Chronicles 2:13
and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
1 Chronicles 2:14
Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
1 Chronicles 2:15
Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh;
1 Chronicles 2:16
and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
1 Chronicles 3:1
Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
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2 Samuel 2:4
The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”
2 Samuel 5:2
In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. Yahweh said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’ ”
2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Samuel 5:4
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
2 Samuel 5:6
The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “The blind and the lame will keep you out of here,” thinking, “David can’t come in here.”
2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
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2 Samuel 2:12
Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Samuel 2:13
Joab the son of Zeruiah and David’s servants went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.
2 Samuel 2:14
Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”
2 Samuel 2:15
Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of David’s servants.
2 Samuel 2:16
They each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”
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2 Samuel 3:28
Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
2 Samuel 3:29
Let it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”
2 Samuel 3:30
So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
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2 Samuel 3:14
David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
2 Samuel 4:2
Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is considered a part of Benjamin;
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2 Samuel 18:6
So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
2 Samuel 19:9
All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
2 Samuel 20:22
Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
Psalms 2:5
Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
Acts 4:25
who by the mouth of your servant David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
Acts 4:28
to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
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2 Samuel 7:1
When the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,
2 Samuel 7:9
I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
2 Samuel 22:2
and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
2 Samuel 22:40
For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
2 Samuel 22:41
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
2 Samuel 22:42
They looked, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
2 Samuel 22:43
Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
Psalms 89:23
I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.
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1 Kings 14:30
There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
1 Kings 15:16
There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
1 Kings 15:32
There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
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1 Chronicles 12:19
Some of Manasseh also joined David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they didn’t help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after consultation, saying, “He will desert to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.”
1 Chronicles 12:20
As he went to Ziklag, some from Manasseh joined him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands who were of Manasseh.
1 Chronicles 12:21
They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were captains in the army.
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Job 11:9
Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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2 Samuel 2:31
But David’s servants had struck Benjamin Abner’s men so that three hundred sixty men died.
2 Samuel 15:12
Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom.
2 Samuel 18:7
The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
2 Samuel 18:8
For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
2 Samuel 19:14
He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
2 Samuel 20:1
There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
1 Kings 20:11
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’ ”
Psalms 2:1
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
Psalms 2:3
“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
Psalms 2:4
He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
Psalms 2:6
“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’
Acts 4:27
“For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
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Psalms 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
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Psalms 49:11
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
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Psalms 122:5
For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.
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Psalms 71:21
Increase my honor and comfort me again.
Psalms 72:11
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
Daniel 2:34
You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
John 3:30
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Revelation 6:2
Then a white horse appeared, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
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Ecclesiastes 3:8
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
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Psalms 46:9
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
Isaiah 2:4
He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Isaiah 49:6
Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
Amos 9:11
In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old,
Micah 4:3
and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
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Luke 2:52
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
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Joshua 17:13
When the children of Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.
Judges 1:28
When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.
Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Ephesians 6:12
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
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