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2 Samuel 3:18

Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”

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2 Samuel 3:18 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 15:28 (5 votes) and Psalm 89:19–23 (4 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 4 other books, from 1 Samuel 9 to John 12.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 3:18 point to?

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

  1. 1 Samuel 15:285 votes

    So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

  2. Psalm 89:19–234 votes

    You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him. …

  3. 1 Samuel 9:163 votes

    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

  4. Psalm 89:3–43 votes

    You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

  5. 1 Samuel 13:142 votes

    But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

  6. 1 Samuel 16:12 votes

    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”

  7. 1 Samuel 16:12–132 votes

    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.” So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

  8. 2 Samuel 3:92 votes

    May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:

  9. Psalm 132:17–182 votes

    There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one. I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”

  10. John 12:42–431 vote

    Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue. For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 3:18?

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