2 Samuel 1:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Samuel 1:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Samuel 1:11 is a verse from the book of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Samuel 1:11 — KJV
“Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:”
— 2 Samuel 1:11 (KJV)
2 Samuel 1:11 in Context — About the Book of 2 Samuel
2 Samuel covers David's reign — his triumphs, his devastating fall with Bathsheba, and his raw, honest walk back to God. It shows that even a man after God's own heart needs mercy, and that God's covenant love survives our worst chapters.
Cross-References for 2 Samuel 1:11
“And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.”
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“And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. Treason: Heb. Conspiracy”
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“When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. wedge: Heb. tongue”
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“Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.”
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“And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
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