Cross references
1 Kings 2:8
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
1 Kings 2:8 has 4 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 16:5–8 (6 votes) and 1 Kings 2:36–46 (2 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 4 other books, from Genesis 32 to Jeremiah 4.
Which verses does 1 Kings 2:8 point to?
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- 2 Samuel 16:5–86 votes
As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses. He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left. …
- 1 Kings 2:36–462 votes
Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else. On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.” …
- Jeremiah 4:22 votes
and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
- 2 Samuel 19:16–231 vote
Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David, along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king …
Which verses point to 1 Kings 2:8?
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