1 Kings 2:40

KJV1611 – Modern English

So Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to seek his servants; and Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.

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  • Prov 15:27 : 27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:38-39
    2 verses
    87%

    38And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do. So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

    39And it happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gath.

  • 1 Kgs 2:41-42
    2 verses
    86%

    41And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come back.

    42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you swear by the Lord, and warned you, saying, Know for certain, on the day you go out and walk abroad anywhere, that you shall surely die? And you said to me, The word I have heard is good.

  • 2 Sam 19:15-19
    5 verses
    74%

    15So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to meet the king, to conduct the king over the Jordan.

    16And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

    17And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king.

    18And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was crossing over Jordan;

    19And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither remember what your servant did perversely the day my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

  • 2 Sam 16:5
    73%

    5And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

  • 1 Sam 27:2
    72%

    2And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 2 Sam 19:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25And it came to pass, when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?

    26And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, I will saddle an ass for myself, that I may ride on it and go to the king, because your servant is lame.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36
    71%

    36And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go anywhere else.

  • 2 Sam 15:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and stayed in a place that was far off.

    18And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

  • 2 Sam 16:13
    71%

    13And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

  • 1 Kgs 13:27
    70%

    27And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. And they saddled it.

  • 1 Kgs 13:13
    70%

    13And he said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled the donkey for him: and he rode on it,

  • 1 Kgs 1:38
    70%

    38So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule and brought him to Gihon.

  • 1 Kgs 1:33
    70%

    33The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

  • 2 Sam 17:23
    70%

    23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.

  • 1 Sam 9:3
    70%

    3And the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
    70%

    8And behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    70%

    12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 1 Sam 25:20
    69%

    20And as she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the hill, behold, David and his men were coming down toward her, and she met them.

  • 1 Sam 25:42
    69%

    42And Abigail hurried and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five maids accompanying her; so she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.

  • 2 Kgs 4:24
    69%

    24Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; do not slacken your pace for me, unless I tell you.

  • 2 Sam 20:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did; take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find fortified cities and escape from us.

    7So Joab's men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men went out after him, and they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    68%

    10And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    68%

    1In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Be assured, you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men.

  • 1 Kgs 1:44
    68%

    44And the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule.

  • Num 22:21
    67%

    21And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

  • 1 Sam 27:8
    67%

    8And David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for those nations were the inhabitants of the land from long ago, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 10:14
    67%

    14And Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go? And he said, To seek the donkeys: and when we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Samuel.

  • 2 Sam 13:24
    67%

    24And Absalom came to the king and said, Behold now, your servant has sheepshearers; please let the king and his servants go with your servant.

  • 1 Sam 29:10
    67%

    10Therefore now rise up early in the morning with your master's servants who have come with you, and as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart.

  • 1 Sam 9:5
    67%

    5And when they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father stop caring about the donkeys and become worried about us.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    67%

    23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • Judg 19:3
    67%

    3And her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, having his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. She brought him into her father's house, and when the young woman’s father saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
    67%

    44The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart knows very well, that you did to David my father; therefore the Lord will return your wickedness upon your own head.

  • 2 Sam 16:1
    67%

    1And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

  • 1 Kgs 13:23
    67%

    23And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

  • 1 Sam 27:4
    66%

    4And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he sought no more for him.