Quotes about Betrayal
Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
— 2 Samuel 17:24
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
— 2 Samuel 18:10
If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”
— 2 Samuel 18:13
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
— 2 Samuel 18:14
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
— 2 Samuel 18:14
And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
— 2 Samuel 18:15
They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
— 2 Samuel 18:17
The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm you.”
— 2 Samuel 18:32
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 19:5
“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
— 2 Samuel 19:26
And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
— 2 Samuel 19:30
So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
— 2 Samuel 20:2