Cross references

2 Samuel 4:8

They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

2 Samuel 4:8 BSB

2 Samuel 4:8 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 25:29 (4 votes) and 2 Samuel 22:48 (3 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from 1 Samuel 18 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 4:8 point to?

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  1. And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

  2. the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

  3. and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

  4. so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there. I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.” …

  5. But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

  6. Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

  7. While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

  8. 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.

  9. Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”

  10. Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 4:8?

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