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Passage Lookup: 2 Samuel 1

N84New International Version (1984)
NIVNew International Version
2 Samuel 1:1
- Variant Count: 1
After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
2 Samuel 1:1
- Variant Count: 3 (15%)
After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
2 Samuel 1:2
- Variant Count: None
On the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and with dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.
2 Samuel 1:2
- Variant Count: 1 (2%)
On the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.
2 Samuel 1:3
- Variant Count: 4
"Where have you come from?" David asked him. He answered, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."
2 Samuel 1:3
- Variant Count: 5 (27%)
"Where have you come from?" David asked him. He answered, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."
2 Samuel 1:4
- Variant Count: 8
"What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." He said, "The men fled from the battle. Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."
2 Samuel 1:4
- Variant Count: 8 (27%)
"What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." "The men fled from the battle," he replied. "Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."
2 Samuel 1:5
- Variant Count: 2
Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
2 Samuel 1:5
- Variant Count: 3 (12%)
Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
2 Samuel 1:6
- Variant Count: 7
"I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and riders almost upon him.
2 Samuel 1:6
- Variant Count: 8 (27%)
"I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.
2 Samuel 1:7
- Variant Count: None
When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'What can I do?'
2 Samuel 1:7
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?'
2 Samuel 1:8
- Variant Count: 2
"He asked me, 'Who are you?' " 'An Amalekite,' I answered.
2 Samuel 1:8
- Variant Count: 2 (18%)
"He asked me, ‘Who are you?' "‘An Amalekite,' I answered.
2 Samuel 1:9
- Variant Count: 4
"Then he said to me, 'Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'
2 Samuel 1:9
- Variant Count: 4 (17%)
"Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I'm in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'
2 Samuel 1:10
- Variant Count: 3
"So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."
2 Samuel 1:10
- Variant Count: 4 (8%)
"So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."
2 Samuel 1:11
- Variant Count: None
Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.
2 Samuel 1:11
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.
2 Samuel 1:12
- Variant Count: 1
They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 1:12
- Variant Count: 2 (5%)
They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 1:13
- Variant Count: 5
David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.
2 Samuel 1:13
- Variant Count: 7 (25%)
David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite," he answered.
2 Samuel 1:14
- Variant Count: 5
David asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"
2 Samuel 1:14
- Variant Count: 6 (33%)
David asked him, "Why weren't you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord 's anointed?"
2 Samuel 1:15
- Variant Count: 2
Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.
2 Samuel 1:15
- Variant Count: 3 (13%)
Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.
2 Samuel 1:16
- Variant Count: 4
For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the LORD's anointed.' "
2 Samuel 1:16
- Variant Count: 4 (13%)
For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord 's anointed.'"
2 Samuel 1:17
- Variant Count: None
David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,
2 Samuel 1:17
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,
2 Samuel 1:18
- Variant Count: 2
and ordered that the men of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):
2 Samuel 1:18
- Variant Count: 4 (16%)
and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):
2 Samuel 1:19
- Variant Count: 3
"Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
2 Samuel 1:19
- Variant Count: 3 (21%)
"A gazelle lies slain on your heights, Israel. How the mighty have fallen!
2 Samuel 1:20
- Variant Count: 1
"Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.
2 Samuel 1:20
- Variant Count: 2 (6%)
"Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.
2 Samuel 1:21
- Variant Count: 7
"O mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, nor fields that yield offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul-no longer rubbed with oil.
2 Samuel 1:21
- Variant Count: 8 (22%)
"Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields. For there the shield of the mighty was despised, the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.
2 Samuel 1:22
- Variant Count: None
From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.
2 Samuel 1:22
- Variant Count: 1 (3%)
"From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.
2 Samuel 1:23
- Variant Count: 3
"Saul and Jonathan- in life they were loved and gracious, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 1:23
- Variant Count: 4 (14%)
Saul and Jonathan— in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 1:24
- Variant Count: 1
"O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.
2 Samuel 1:24
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
"Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.
2 Samuel 1:25
- Variant Count: 1
"How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
2 Samuel 1:25
- Variant Count: 2 (14%)
"How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
2 Samuel 1:26
- Variant Count: None
I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
2 Samuel 1:26
- Variant Count: 1 (3%)
I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
2 Samuel 1:27
- Variant Count: 11

class="oh-container"> data-lang="eng" data-trans="n84" data-ref="2sa.1.27" class="versetxt"> class="oh"> data-vs="27" class="versenum">27 "How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!"

2 Samuel 1:27
- Variant Count: 3 (25%)
"How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!"
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