# נַעַר (naar)

Israeli respelling: na-ar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5288. 221 Old Testament occurrences.

(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)

King James renderings: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/naar-h5288

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 14:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/14/24) — Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their…
- [Genesis 18:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/7) — And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
- [Genesis 19:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/4) — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from ev…
- [Genesis 21:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/12) — And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath sai…
- [Genesis 21:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/17) — And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear no…
- [Genesis 21:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/18) — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
- [Genesis 21:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/19) — And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
- [Genesis 21:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/20) — And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- [Genesis 22:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/3) — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the woo…
- [Genesis 22:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/5) — And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
- [Genesis 22:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/12) — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast no…
- [Genesis 22:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/19) — So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
- [Genesis 25:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/27) — And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
- [Genesis 34:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/34/19) — And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house o…
- [Genesis 37:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/2) — These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the so…
- [Genesis 41:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/12) — And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our drea…
- [Genesis 43:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/8) — And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, an…
- [Genesis 44:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/22) — And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
- [Genesis 44:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/30) — Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;
- [Genesis 44:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/31) — It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy…
- [Genesis 44:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/32) — For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father fo…
- [Genesis 44:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/33) — Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
- [Genesis 44:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/34) — For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
- [Genesis 48:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/48/16) — The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;…
- [Exodus 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/2/6) — And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebr…
- [Exodus 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/10/9) — And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will w…
- [Exodus 24:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/24/5) — And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
- [Exodus 33:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/33/11) — And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, t…
- [Numbers 11:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/27) — And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
- [Numbers 22:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/22) — And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upo…
- [Deuteronomy 28:50](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/50) — A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
- [Joshua 6:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/6/21) — And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sw…
- [Joshua 6:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/6/23) — And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; a…
- [Judges 7:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/7/10) — But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
- [Judges 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/7/11) — And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah…
- [Judges 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/14) — And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof…
- [Judges 8:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/20) — And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
- [Judges 9:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/54) — Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman…
- [Judges 13:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/5) — For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb…
- [Judges 13:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/7) — But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: fo…
- [Judges 13:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/8) — Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shal…
- [Judges 13:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/12) — And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
- [Judges 13:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/13/24) — And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
- [Judges 16:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/16/26) — And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean…
- [Judges 17:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/17/7) — And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
- [Judges 17:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/17/11) — And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
- [Judges 17:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/17/12) — And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
- [Judges 18:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/18/3) — When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who b…
- [Judges 18:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/18/15) — And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
- [Judges 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/3) — And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of…
- [Judges 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/9) — And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold,…
- [Judges 19:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/11) — And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this c…
- [Judges 19:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/13) — And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
- [Judges 19:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/19) — Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man w…
- [Ruth 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/5) — Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
- [Ruth 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/6) — And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of…
- [Ruth 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/9) — Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee?…
- [Ruth 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/15) — And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
- [Ruth 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/21) — And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
- [1 Samuel 1:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/22) — But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may a…
- [1 Samuel 1:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/24) — And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him u…
- [1 Samuel 1:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/25) — And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
- [1 Samuel 1:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/27) — For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
- [1 Samuel 2:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/11) — And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
- [1 Samuel 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/13) — And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seethi…
- [1 Samuel 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/15) — Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he…
- [1 Samuel 2:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/17) — Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
- [1 Samuel 2:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/18) — But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
- [1 Samuel 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/21) — And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
- [1 Samuel 2:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/26) — And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
- [1 Samuel 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/3/1) — And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
- [1 Samuel 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/3/8) — And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceiv…
- [1 Samuel 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/4/21) — And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in…
- [1 Samuel 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/3) — And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek th…
- [1 Samuel 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/5) — And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave cari…
- [1 Samuel 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/7) — Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not…
- [1 Samuel 9:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/8) — And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the m…
- [1 Samuel 9:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/10) — Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
- [1 Samuel 9:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/22) — And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidde…
- [1 Samuel 9:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/27) — And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand t…
- [1 Samuel 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/14) — And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where…
- [1 Samuel 14:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/1) — Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the…
- [1 Samuel 14:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/6) — And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that…
- [1 Samuel 16:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/16/11) — And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. An…
- [1 Samuel 16:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/16/18) — Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty…
- [1 Samuel 17:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/33) — And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war fr…
- [1 Samuel 17:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/42) — And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
- [1 Samuel 17:55](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/55) — And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And A…
- [1 Samuel 17:58](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/58) — And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
- [1 Samuel 20:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/21) — And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of th…
- [1 Samuel 20:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/35) — And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
- [1 Samuel 20:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/36) — And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
- [1 Samuel 20:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/37) — And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyon…
- [1 Samuel 20:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/38) — And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- [1 Samuel 20:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/39) — But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
- [1 Samuel 20:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/40) — And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
- [1 Samuel 20:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/41) — And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three t…
- [1 Samuel 21:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/2) — And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the bu…
- [1 Samuel 21:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/4) — And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept…
- [1 Samuel 21:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/5) — And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the…
- [1 Samuel 25:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/5) — And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
- [1 Samuel 25:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/8) — Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray…
- [1 Samuel 25:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/9) — And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
- [1 Samuel 25:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/12) — So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
- [1 Samuel 25:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/14) — But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and…
- [1 Samuel 25:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/19) — And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
- [1 Samuel 25:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/25) — Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him…
- [1 Samuel 25:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/27) — And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
- [1 Samuel 26:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/22) — And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
- [1 Samuel 30:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/30/13) — And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and…
- [1 Samuel 30:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/30/17) — And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young…
- [2 Samuel 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/5) — And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
- [2 Samuel 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/6) — And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots…
- [2 Samuel 1:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/13) — And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
- [2 Samuel 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/15) — And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
- [2 Samuel 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/14) — And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
- [2 Samuel 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/21) — And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armou…
- [2 Samuel 4:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/4/12) — And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron.…
- [2 Samuel 9:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/9/9) — Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to all h…
- [2 Samuel 12:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/16) — David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
- [2 Samuel 13:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/17) — Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
- [2 Samuel 13:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/28) — Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; th…
- [2 Samuel 13:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/29) — And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule…
- [2 Samuel 13:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/32) — And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king…
- [2 Samuel 13:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/34) — But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of t…
- [2 Samuel 14:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/14/21) — And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
- [2 Samuel 16:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/1) — And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and…
- [2 Samuel 16:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/2) — And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and…
- [2 Samuel 17:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/18) — Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a w…
- [2 Samuel 18:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/5) — And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the peopl…
- [2 Samuel 18:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/12) — And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against…
- [2 Samuel 18:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/15) — And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
- [2 Samuel 18:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/29) — And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me thy servant, I saw a grea…
- [2 Samuel 18:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/32) — And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against…
- [2 Samuel 19:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/19/17) — And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants…
- [2 Samuel 20:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/11) — And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
- [1 Kings 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/3/7) — And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out o…
- [1 Kings 11:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/17) — That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
- [1 Kings 11:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/28) — And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the c…
- [1 Kings 14:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/14/3) — And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
- [1 Kings 14:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/14/17) — And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
- [1 Kings 18:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/43) — And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seve…
- [1 Kings 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/19/3) — And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
- [1 Kings 20:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/14) — And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall or…
- [1 Kings 20:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/15) — Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all th…
- [1 Kings 20:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/17) — And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out…
- [1 Kings 20:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/19) — So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
- [2 Kings 2:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/2/23) — And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him…
- [2 Kings 4:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/12) — And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
- [2 Kings 4:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/19) — And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
- [2 Kings 4:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/22) — And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of G…
- [2 Kings 4:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/24) — Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
- [2 Kings 4:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/25) — So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi…
- [2 Kings 4:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/29) — Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if an…
- [2 Kings 4:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/30) — And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
- [2 Kings 4:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/31) — And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he wen…
- [2 Kings 4:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/32) — And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
- [2 Kings 4:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/35) — Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and t…
- [2 Kings 4:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/38) — And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto…
- [2 Kings 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/14) — Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto…
- [2 Kings 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/20) — But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands tha…
- [2 Kings 5:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/22) — And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons…
- [2 Kings 5:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/23) — And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments,…
- [2 Kings 6:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/15) — And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. A…
- [2 Kings 6:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/17) — And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw:…
- [2 Kings 8:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/8/4) — And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
- [2 Kings 9:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/9/4) — So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
- [2 Kings 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/19/6) — And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with wh…
- [1 Chronicles 12:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/12/28) — And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
- [1 Chronicles 22:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/22/5) — And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame…
- [1 Chronicles 29:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/29/1) — Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the wor…
- [2 Chronicles 13:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/7) — And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, whe…
- [2 Chronicles 34:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/34/3) — For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he…
- [Nehemiah 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/16) — And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears…
- [Nehemiah 4:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/22) — Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a gu…
- [Nehemiah 4:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/23) — So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that eve…
- [Nehemiah 5:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/5/10) — I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
- [Nehemiah 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/5/15) — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekel…
- [Nehemiah 5:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/5/16) — Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
- [Nehemiah 6:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/6/5) — Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
- [Nehemiah 13:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/19) — And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and c…
- [Esther 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/2/2) — Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
- [Esther 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/3/13) — And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old…
- [Esther 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/6/3) — And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, The…
- [Esther 6:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/6/5) — And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
- [Job 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/15) — And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alo…
- [Job 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/16) — While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the…
- [Job 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/17) — While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carrie…
- [Job 1:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/19) — And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they…
- [Job 24:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/5) — Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for…
- [Job 29:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/5) — When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
- [Job 29:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/8) — The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
- [Psalms 37:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/37/25) — I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
- [Psalms 119:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/9) — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
- [Psalms 148:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/148/12) — Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
- [Proverbs 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/4) — To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
- [Proverbs 7:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/7/7) — And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
- [Proverbs 20:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/11) — Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
- [Proverbs 22:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/6) — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- [Proverbs 22:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/15) — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- [Proverbs 23:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/13) — Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
- [Proverbs 29:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/15) — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
- [Ecclesiastes 10:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/16) — Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
- [Isaiah 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/4) — And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
- [Isaiah 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/5) — And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the…
- [Isaiah 7:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/7/16) — For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
- [Isaiah 8:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/8/4) — For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken…
- [Isaiah 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/19) — And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
- [Isaiah 11:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/6) — The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling toget…
- [Isaiah 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/13/18) — Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare childre…
- [Isaiah 20:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/20/4) — So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with t…
- [Isaiah 37:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/37/6) — And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherew…
- [Isaiah 40:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/30) — Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
- [Isaiah 65:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/65/20) — There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old…
- [Jeremiah 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/1/6) — Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
- [Jeremiah 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/1/7) — But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt…
- [Jeremiah 51:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/22) — With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in piec…
- [Lamentations 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/21) — The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the da…
- [Lamentations 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/5/13) — They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
- [Hosea 11:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/11/1) — When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
- [Zechariah 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/2/4) — And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and c…