2 Samuel 4:1
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And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
In other translations
And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
Hebrew words
וַיִּשְׁמַעvaiyishma'and he heardH8085בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586כִּיkithatH3588מֵתmethe had diedH4191אַבְנֵר'avnerAbnerH74בְּחֶבְרוֹןbechevronin HebronH2275וַיִּרְפּוּvaiyirpuand they droppedH7503יָדָיוyadavhands hisH3027וְכָל־vekholand allH3605יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478נִבְהָלוּ׃nivhaluthey were terrifiedH926
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Related verses
- Ezra 4:4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
- Isaiah 13:7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
- Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
- 2 Samuel 17:2And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
- Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- 2 Samuel 3:27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- Zephaniah 3:16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.
- Matthew 2:2-32 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.2 asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” 3 When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Nehemiah 6:9For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.
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People and places
Places: Hebron