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2 Corinthians 10:2 (NIV)

I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.

David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,

2 Chronicles 10:7 (NIV)

They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

2 Chronicles 10:8 (NIV)

But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

2 Corinthians 10:8 (NIV)

So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

2 Corinthians 10:15 (NIV)

Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand,

2 Corinthians 10:6 (NIV)

And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

2 Chronicles 10:5 (NIV)

Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.

2 Samuel 10:4 (NIV)

So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.

2 Kings 10:19 (NIV)

Now summon all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests. See that no one is missing, because I am going to hold a great sacrifice for Baal. Anyone who fails to come will no longer live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

2 Kings 10:20 (NIV)

Jehu said, “Call an assembly in honor of Baal.” So they proclaimed it.

2 Kings 10:27 (NIV)

They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

2 Corinthians 10:10 (NIV)

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”

2 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)

We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you.

2 Samuel 10:8 (NIV)

The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maakah were by themselves in the open country.

2 Chronicles 10:16 (NIV)

When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse’s son? To your tents, Israel! Look after your own house, David!” So all the Israelites went home.

2 Chronicles 10:18 (NIV)

King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 10:15 (NIV)

So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God, to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

2 Samuel 10:10 (NIV)

He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 10:15 (NIV)

After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped.

2 Kings 10:1 (NIV)

Now there were in Samaria seventy sons of the house of Ahab. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria: to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders and to the guardians of Ahab’s children. He said,

2 Kings 10:3 (NIV)

choose the best and most worthy of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne. Then fight for your master’s house.”

2 Kings 10:5 (NIV)

So the palace administrator, the city governor, the elders and the guardians sent this message to Jehu: “We are your servants and we will do anything you say. We will not appoint anyone as king; you do whatever you think best.”

2 Kings 10:6 (NIV)

Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the royal princes, seventy of them, were with the leading men of the city, who were rearing them.

2 Kings 10:9 (NIV)

The next morning Jehu went out. He stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?