2 Samuel 20:19 “I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to…”

2 Samuel 20:19

I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

World English Bible

I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

American Standard Version

I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

Geneva Bible 1599

I am one of them, that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: and thou goest about to destroy a citie, and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou deuoure the inheritance of the Lord?

Darby Translation

I am peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

Young's Literal Translation

I [am] of the peaceable — faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

Bible in Basic English

Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?

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Cross references

“peaceable”

1 Timothy 2:2 Genesis 18:23 Romans 13:3 Romans 13:4

1 Timothy 2:2 · BSB

for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.

Genesis 18:23 · BSB

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Romans 13:3 · BSB

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.

Romans 13:4 · BSB

For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

“a mother”

Judges 5:7 Ezekiel 16:45–49

Judges 5:7 · BSB

Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

Ezekiel 16:45–49 · BSB

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

“swallow”

2 Samuel 17:16 Numbers 16:32 Numbers 26:10 Psalm 124:3 Jeremiah 51:34 Jeremiah 51:44

2 Samuel 17:16 · BSB

Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

Numbers 16:32 · BSB

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.

Numbers 26:10 · BSB

And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

Psalm 124:3 · BSB

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

Jeremiah 51:34 · BSB

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

Jeremiah 51:44 · BSB

I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.

“the inheritance”

1 Samuel 26:19 2 Samuel 21:3 Deuteronomy 32:9 Exodus 19:5 Exodus 19:6

1 Samuel 26:19 · BSB

Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For toda…

2 Samuel 21:3 · BSB

So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”

Deuteronomy 32:9 · BSB

But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

Exodus 19:5 · BSB

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Exodus 19:6 · BSB

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

20“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

Read 2 Samuel 20