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2 Sam. 20:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a motherv in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?

Judg. 5:7• ⁷The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel. (Judg. 5:7)

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peaceable.

Gen. 18:23• ²³And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also cause the righteous to perish with the wicked? (Gen. 18:23)

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Rom. 13:3‑4• ³For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil one. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise what is good, and thou shalt have praise from it;
⁴for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil. (Rom. 13:3‑4)

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1 Tim. 2:2• ²for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity; (1 Tim. 2:2)

a mother.

Judg. 5:7• ⁷The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel. (Judg. 5:7)

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Ezek. 16:45‑49• ⁴⁵Thou art the daughter of thy mother that loathed her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
⁴⁶And thine elder sister is Samaria that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
⁴⁷And thou hast not walked in their ways, nor done according to their abominations; but as though that were a very little, thou hast been more corrupt than they in all thy ways.
⁴⁸As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters!
⁴⁹Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. (Ezek. 16:45‑49)

swallow.

2 Sam. 17:16• ¹⁶And now send quickly, and tell David saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. (2 Sam. 17:16)

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Num. 16:32• ³²And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their property. (Num. 16:32)

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Num. 26:10• ¹⁰And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that band died, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign. (Num. 26:10)

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Psa. 124:3• ³Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; (Psa. 124:3)

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Jer. 51:34,44• ³⁴Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
⁴⁴And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon is fallen. (Jer. 51:34,44)

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Lam. 2:2,5,16• ²The Lord hath swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob, and hath not spared; he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah: he hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.
⁵The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel; he hath swallowed up all her palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
¹⁶All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it. (Lam. 2:2,5,16)

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1 Cor. 15:54• ⁵⁴But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written: Death has been swallowed up in victory. (1 Cor. 15:54)

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2 Cor. 5:4• ⁴For indeed we who are in the tabernacle groan, being burdened; while yet we do not wish to be unclothed, but clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. (2 Cor. 5:4)

the inheritance.

2 Sam. 21:3• ³And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah? (2 Sam. 21:3)

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Ex. 19:5‑6• ⁵And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples--for all the earth is mine--
⁶and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)

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Deut. 32:9• ⁹For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance. (Deut. 32:9)

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1 Sam. 26:19• ¹⁹And now, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah have moved thee against me, let him accept an oblation; but if the sons of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from adhering to the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods. (1 Sam. 26:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

I am peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a motherb in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

JND Translation Notes

* Or "a city, even a mother (city) in Israel." See 2 Sam. 8.1; Num. 21.25,32; 32.42; Josh. 17.11 and Notes.