Quotes About Alliance

When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.

The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.

“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.

Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezerís army leading them.

So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his fatherís place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,

So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.

At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.

And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”

Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.

Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.

Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)

When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.