Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
Bible References
Pressed
Genesis 19:2
And he said, "See lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house; and tarry all night and wash your feet, and rise up early and go on your ways." And they said, "Nay, but we will bide in the streets all night."
Judges 19:7
Howbeit, the man stood up to depart: but his father-in-law compelled him to turn again and to tarry all night there.
Luke 14:23
And the Lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luke 24:29
But they constrained him, saying, "Abide with us: for it draweth towards night, and the day is far passed." And he went in to tarry with them.
Acts 16:15
When she was baptised, and her household, she besought us saying, "If ye think that I believe on the Lord come into my house, and abide there." And she constrained us.