So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.
Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David.
They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so tha
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my
Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two c
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab s