Bible Cross References
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
Judges 9:23-57
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Then God made Abimelech and the men of Shechem hostile to each other, and they rebelled against Abimelech.
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This happened so that Abimelech and the men of Shechem, who encouraged him to murder Gideon's seventy sons, would pay for their crime.
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The men of Shechem put men in ambush against Abimelech on the mountaintops, and they robbed everyone who passed their way. Abimelech was told about this.
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Then Gaal son of Ebed came to Shechem with his brothers, and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
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They all went out into their vineyards and picked the grapes, made wine from them, and held a festival. They went into the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and made fun of Abimelech.
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Gaal said, "What kind of men are we in Shechem? Why are we serving Abimelech? Who is he, anyway? The son of Gideon! And Zebul takes orders from him, but why should we serve him? Be loyal to your ancestor Hamor, who founded your clan!
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I wish I were leading this people! I would get rid of Abimelech! I would tell him, 'Reinforce your army, come on out and fight!' "
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Zebul, the ruler of the city, became angry when he heard what Gaal had said.
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He sent messengers to Abimelech at Arumah to say, "Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem, and they are not going to let you into the city.
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Now then, you and your men should move by night and hide in the fields.
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Get up tomorrow morning at sunrise and make a sudden attack on the city. Then when Gaal and his men come out against you, hit them with all you've got!"
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So Abimelech and all his men made their move at night and hid outside Shechem in four groups.
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When Abimelech and his men saw Gaal come out and stand at the city gate, they got up from their hiding places.
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Gaal saw them and said to Zebul, "Look! There are men coming down from the mountaintops!" "Those are not men," Zebul answered. "They are just shadows on the mountains."
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Gaal said again, "Look! There are men coming down the crest of the mountain and one group is coming along the road from the oak tree of the fortunetellers!"
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Then Zebul said to him, "Where is all your big talk now? You were the one who asked why we should serve this man Abimelech. These are the men you were making fun of. Go on out now and fight them."
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Gaal led the men of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.
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Abimelech started after Gaal, and Gaal ran. Many were wounded, even at the city gate.
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Abimelech lived in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem, so that they could no longer live there.
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The next day Abimelech found out that the people of Shechem were planning to go out into the fields,
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so he took his men, divided them into three groups, and hid in the fields, waiting. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he came out of hiding to kill them.
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While Abimelech and his group hurried forward to guard the city gate, the other two companies attacked the people in the fields and killed them all.
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The fighting continued all day long. Abimelech captured the city, killed its people, tore it down, and covered the ground with salt.
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When all the leading men in the fort at Shechem heard about this, they sought safety in the stronghold of the temple of Baal-of-the-Covenant.
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Abimelech was told that they had gathered there,
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so he went up to Mount Zalmon with his men. There he took an ax, cut a limb off a tree, and put it on his shoulder. He told his men to hurry and do the same thing.
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So everyone cut off a tree limb; then they followed Abimelech and piled the wood up against the stronghold. They set it on fire, with the people inside, and all the people of the fort died---about a thousand men and women.
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Then Abimelech went to Thebez, surrounded that city, and captured it.
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There was a strong tower there, and every man and woman in the city, including the leaders, ran to it. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof.
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When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he went up to the door to set the tower on fire.
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But a woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull.
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Then he quickly called the young man who was carrying his weapons and told him, "Draw your sword and kill me. I don't want it said that a woman killed me." So the young man ran him through, and he died.
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When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
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And so it was that God paid Abimelech back for the crime that he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.
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God also made the men of Shechem suffer for their wickedness, just as Jotham, Gideon's son, said they would when he cursed them.
Judges 12:1-6
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The men of Ephraim prepared for battle; they crossed the Jordan River to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross the border to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We'll burn the house down over your head!"
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But Jephthah told them, "My people and I had a serious quarrel with the Ammonites. I did call you, but you would not rescue me from them.
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When I saw that you were not going to, I risked my life and crossed the border to fight them, and the LORD gave me victory over them. So why are you coming up to fight me now?"
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Then Jephthah brought all the men of Gilead together, fought the men of Ephraim and defeated them. (The Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites in Ephraim and Manasseh, you are deserters from Ephraim!")
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In order to keep the Ephraimites from escaping, the Gileadites captured the places where the Jordan could be crossed. When any Ephraimite who was trying to escape would ask permission to cross, the men of Gilead would ask, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"
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they would tell him to say "Shibboleth." But he would say "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they would grab him and kill him there at one of the Jordan River crossings. At that time forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites were killed.
2 Samuel 20:1
There happened to be in Gilgal a worthless character named Sheba son of Bikri, of the tribe of Benjamin. He blew the trumpet and called out, "Down with David! We won't follow him! Men of Israel, let's go home!"
2 Samuel 20:6
So the king said to Abishai, "Sheba will give us more trouble than Absalom. Take my men and go after him, or else he may occupy some fortified towns and escape from us."
1 Kings 12:16-20
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When the people saw that the king would not listen to them, they shouted, "Down with David and his family! What have they ever done for us? People of Israel, let's go home! Let Rehoboam look out for himself !" So the people of Israel rebelled,
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leaving Rehoboam as king only of the people who lived in the territory of Judah.
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Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, who was in charge of the forced labor, to go to the Israelites, but they stoned him to death. At this, Rehoboam hurriedly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem.
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Ever since that time the people of the northern kingdom of Israel have been in rebellion against the dynasty of David.
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When the people of Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned from Egypt, they invited him to a meeting of the people and made him king of Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to David's descendants.
Isaiah 9:20
Everywhere in the country people snatch and eat any bit of food they can find, but their hunger is never satisfied. They even eat their own children!
Isaiah 9:21
The people of Manasseh and the people of Ephraim attack each other, and together they attack Judah. Yet even so the LORD's anger is not ended; his hand is still stretched out to punish.
Isaiah 19:2
The LORD says, "I will stir up civil war in Egypt and turn brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor. Rival cities will fight each other, and rival kings will struggle for power.
Isaiah 19:3
I am going to frustrate the plans of the Egyptians and destroy their morale. They will ask their idols to help them, and they will go and consult mediums and ask the spirits of the dead for advice.
Ezekiel 37:22
I will unite them into one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. They will have one king to rule over them, and they will no longer be divided into two nations or split into two kingdoms.
Zechariah 11:14
Then I broke the second stick, the one called "Unity," and the unity of Judah and Israel was shattered.
John 17:21
I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
1 Corinthians 1:10-13
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By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my friends, to agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be completely united, with only one thought and one purpose.
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For some people from Chloe's family have told me quite plainly, my friends, that there are quarrels among you.
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Let me put it this way: each one of you says something different. One says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Peter"; and another, "I follow Christ."
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Christ has been divided into groups! Was it Paul who died on the cross for you? Were you baptized as Paul's disciples?
Ephesians 4:3-6
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Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together.
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There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is one hope to which God has called you.
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There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
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there is one God and Father of all people, who is Lord of all, works through all, and is in all.