Cross references
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
1 Samuel 26:12 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 2:21 (6 votes) and Genesis 15:12 (5 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 4 other books, from Genesis 2 to Isaiah 29.
Which verses does 1 Samuel 26:12 point to?
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- Genesis 2:216 votes
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
- Genesis 15:125 votes
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
- Isaiah 29:103 votes
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
- 1 Samuel 24:42 votes
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
- 1 Samuel 26:72 votes
That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
- Esther 6:12 votes
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
Which verses point to 1 Samuel 26:12?
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