2 Samuel 20:19

Wisdom From A Woman Under Siege

¹⁸ She said, "In the past they would always say, 'Let them inquire in Abel,' and that is how they settled things. ¹⁹ I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city in Israel. Why should you swallow up the Lord's inheritance?" ²⁰ Joab answered, "Get serious! I don't want to swallow up or destroy anything!

Inheritance of the

Put to Death

To the Lord

Important City

Abel

Israel

Jehovah

1 Samuel 26:19

So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord's inheritance, saying, 'Go on, serve other gods!'

2 Samuel 21:3

David said to the Gibeonites, "What can I do for you, and how can I make amends so that you will bless the Lord's inheritance?"

2 Samuel 17:16

Now send word quickly to David and warn him, "Don't spend the night at the fords of the desert tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed."

Genesis 18:23

Abraham approached and said, "Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

Exodus 19:5-6

And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,

Numbers 16:32

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah's men, and all their goods.

Numbers 26:10

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning.

Deuteronomy 32:9

For the Lord's allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.

Judges 5:7

Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.

Psalm 124:3

they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

Jeremiah 51:34

"King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out."

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish the god Bel in Babylon. I will make him spit out what he has swallowed. The nations will not come streaming to him any longer. Indeed, the walls of Babylon will fall."

Lamentations 2:2

(Bet) The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers.

Lamentations 2:5

(He) The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament.

Lamentations 2:16

(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, "We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!"

Ezekiel 16:45-49

You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her sons, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

Romans 13:3-4

(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,

1 Corinthians 15:54

Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

2 Corinthians 5:4

For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

1 Timothy 2:2

even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.