2 Samuel 13:28
Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
Note have…: or, will you not, since I have commanded you?
Note valiant: Heb. sons of valour
Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “Mark now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!”
And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; fear not; have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- commanded
- 2 Samuel 11:15; Exodus 1:16, 17; 1 Samuel 22:17, 18; Acts 5:29
- heart is merry
- 2 Samuel 11:13; Genesis 9:21; Genesis 19:32–35; Judges 19:6, 9, 22; Ruth 3:7; 1 Samuel 25:36–38; 1 Kings 20:16; Esther 1:10; Psalm 104:15; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Daniel 5:2–6, 30; Nahum 1:10; Luke 21:34
- fear not
- Numbers 22:16, 17; 1 Samuel 28:10, 13
- have not I. or, Will you not, since I have, etc.
- Joshua 1:9