Bible Cross References
And he conferred
2 Samuel 15:12
And while he was offering sacrifices, Absalom also sent to the town of Gilo for Ahithophel, who was one of King David's advisers. The plot against the king gained strength, and Absalom's followers grew in number.
Psalm 2:2
Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the LORD and against the king he chose.
Joab
1 Kings 2:28
Joab heard what had happened. (He had supported Adonijah, but not Absalom.) So he fled to the Tent of the LORD's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.
2 Samuel 8:16
Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, was the commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records;
2 Samuel 20:23
Joab was in command of the army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards;
Abiathar
1 Samuel 22:20-23
20
But Abiathar, one of Ahimelech's sons, escaped, and went and joined David.
21
He told him how Saul had slaughtered the priests of the LORD.
22
David said to him, "When I saw Doeg there that day, I knew that he would be sure to tell Saul. So I am responsible for the death of all your relatives.
23
Stay with me and don't be afraid. Saul wants to kill both you and me, but you will be safe with me."
2 Samuel 15:24-29
24
Zadok the priest was there, and with him were the Levites, carrying the sacred Covenant Box. They set it down and didn't pick it up again until all the people had left the city. The priest Abiathar was there too.
25
Then the king said to Zadok, "Take the Covenant Box back to the city. If the LORD is pleased with me, some day he will let me come back to see it and the place where it stays.
26
But if he isn't pleased with me---well, then, let him do to me what he wishes."
27
And he went on to say to Zadok, "Look, take your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan and go back to the city in peace.
28
Meanwhile, I will wait at the river crossings in the wilderness until I receive news from you."
29
So Zadok and Abiathar took the Covenant Box back into Jerusalem and stayed there.
2 Samuel 15:35-29
2 Samuel 20:25
Sheva was the court secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were the priests,
following Adonijah helped him
1 Kings 2:22
"Why do you ask me to give Abishag to him?" the king asked. "You might as well ask me to give him the throne too. After all, he is my older brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab are on his side!"
1 Kings 2:26-35
26
Then King Solomon said to Abiathar the priest, "Go to your country home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not have you put to death now, for you were in charge of the LORD's Covenant Box while you were with my father David, and you shared in all his troubles."
27
Then Solomon dismissed Abiathar from serving as a priest of the LORD, and so made come true what the LORD had said in Shiloh about the priest Eli and his descendants.
28
Joab heard what had happened. (He had supported Adonijah, but not Absalom.) So he fled to the Tent of the LORD's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.
29
When the news reached King Solomon that Joab had fled to the Tent and was by the altar, Solomon sent a messenger to Joab to ask him why he had fled to the altar. Joab answered that he had fled to the LORD because he was afraid of Solomon. So King Solomon sent Benaiah to kill Joab.
30
He went to the Tent of the LORD's presence and said to Joab, "The king orders you to come out." "No," Joab answered. "I will die here." Benaiah went back to the king and told him what Joab had said.
31
"Do what Joab says," Solomon answered. "Kill him and bury him. Then neither I nor any other of David's descendants will any longer be held responsible for what Joab did when he killed innocent men.
32
The LORD will punish Joab for those murders, which he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah.
33
The punishment for their murders will fall on Joab and on his descendants forever. But the LORD will always give success to David's descendants who sit on his throne."
34
So Benaiah went to the Tent of the LORD's presence and killed Joab, and he was buried at his home in the open country.
35
The king made Benaiah commander of the army in Joab's place and put Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.