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'Sons' in the Bible

(It is recorded in the book of Jashar for teaching to the sons of Judah) and he said:

Verse ConceptsWriting SongsHistorical BooksTeaching The Way Of God

There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenFast RunnersDeer Etc.Deer

While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsDavid's Wives

And the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These were the sons of David, whose birth took place in Hebron.

Verse ConceptsDavid's Wives

While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!

Verse ConceptsEvildoersAnointing KingsNo Strength Left

And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands, one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin; (for Beeroth was at one time taken to be part of Benjamin:

And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.

Verse ConceptsHeatNoonHot Weather

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,

And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesPolygamyDavid's Wives

And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.

Verse ConceptsCartsUnused

And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidRulersSaul And DavidGod's Election Of DavidCelebrationcelebrating

And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

And you and your sons and your servants are to take care of the land for him, and get in the fruit of it, so that your master's son may have food: but Mephibosheth, your master's son, will have a place at my table at all times. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

Verse ConceptsTilling The SoilFifteenTwenty

Then Ziba said to the king, Every order which you have given to your servant will be done. As for Mephibosheth, he had a place at David's table, like one of the king's sons.

Verse ConceptsTablesLike Good People

Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.

Verse ConceptsSheep ShearingTwo Years

But Absalom went on requesting him till he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. And Absalom made a great feast like a feast for a king.

So Absalom's servants did to Amnon as Absalom had given them orders. Then all the king's sons got up, and every man got on his beast and went in flight.

Verse ConceptsMulesBackAnimals, Types OfRiding Mules

Now while they were on their way, news was given to David that Absalom had put to death all the sons of the king and that not one of them was still living.

Verse ConceptsRumoursNo SurvivorsKilling Sons And Daughters

And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force.

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed SistersKilling Named IndividualsHalf brothers

So now, let not my lord the king take this thing to heart, with the idea that all the king's sons are dead: for only Amnon is dead.

Verse ConceptsKilling Named IndividualsKilling Sons And Daughters

And Jonadab said to the king, See, the king's sons are coming; as your servant said, so it is.

Verse ConceptsMan's Words Fulfilled

And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.

Verse ConceptsMourning The Death Of Others

And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyTwo SonsKilling Brothers

And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenWomen's BeautyBeautiful Women

The king said further to Zadok the priest, See, you and Abiathar are to go back to the town in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz, your son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar.

Verse ConceptsSeers

See, they have with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar; by them you may send word to me of everything which comes to your ears.

And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

Verse ConceptsWhat Have We In Common?Cursing The UngodlyGod's Orders

And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

Verse ConceptsConcubinesIndividuals Saving Others

And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

Verse ConceptsStewardshipFifteenTwentyA Thousand PeopleHasty Action

For your servant is conscious of his sin: and so, as you see, I have come today, the first of all the sons of Joseph, for the purpose of meeting my lord the king.

Verse ConceptsFirst To ActWe Have Sinned

And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfWhat Have We In Common?Enemies Of God

But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Saul to whom Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth; and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whose father was Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:

Verse ConceptsPitsSnowStrength, HumanChampionsKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From LionsCold WeatherHoles In The Ground

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