And say to Amasa, 'Aren't you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!'" Cross References Genesis 29:14 Then Laban declared, "You are indeed my own flesh and blood." After Jacob had stayed with him a month, 2 Samuel 3:27 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. 2 Samuel 5:1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Here we are, your own flesh and blood. 2 Samuel 8:16 Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder; 2 Samuel 17:25 Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab. 2 Samuel 19:5 Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, "Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines. 2 Samuel 20:4 Then the king said to Amasa, "Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself." 1 Kings 19:2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!" Treasury of Scripture And say you to Amasa, Are you not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. Amasa 2 Samuel 17:25 1 Chronicles 2:16,17 1 Chronicles 12:18 God Ruth 1:17 1 Kings 19:2 room of Joab 2 Samuel 19:5-7 2 Samuel 3:29,30 2 Samuel 8:16 |