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2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him.

Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”

2 Samuel 21:17 BSB

2 Samuel 21:17 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Kings 11:36 (7 votes) and 2 Samuel 18:3 (6 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 6 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 21:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 Kings 11:367 votes

    I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

  2. 2 Samuel 18:36 votes

    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”

  3. 1 Kings 15:44 votes

    Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

  4. Psalm 132:174 votes

    There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

  5. 2 Samuel 14:73 votes

    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

  6. 2 Samuel 20:6–103 votes

    And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.” So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri. …

  7. 2 Samuel 22:192 votes

    They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.

  8. 2 Samuel 22:292 votes

    For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

  9. Psalm 46:12 votes

    For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

  10. Psalm 144:102 votes

    to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.

  11. John 1:8–92 votes
  12. John 5:352 votes

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 21:17?

The 10 strongest of 28.