Quotes about Conflict

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

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.

You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!

But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”

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.

“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,