1 Kings 2:32
"And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah."
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- Judges 9:24
"That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 7:16
"His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate."
Read in chapter → - Judges 9:57
"And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal."
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 21:13
"But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:"
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 20:9
"And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 3:26
"And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 2:5
"Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 3:37
"For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 4:11
"How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"
Read in chapter → - Esther 1:19
"If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she."
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