Thematic Bible: Of the body, general references to
Thematic Bible
Mutilation » Of the body, general references to
When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.
So David gave orders to the young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.
When I vent My jealous rage on you, they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your descendants will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your descendants will be consumed by fire.
And always, night and day, he was crying out among the tombs and in the mountains and cutting himself with stones.
Related Topics
- Another's Burial Place
- Being Struck With Stones
- Blinding
- Brass
- Breaking Chains
- Bronze Shackles
- Burning People
- Captives
- Children Suffering
- Covered With Blood
- Cruelty, examples of
- Custom
- Cutting Off Hands And Feet
- Days, Natural Use
- Demons Causing Torment
- Demons Harming Individuals
- Demons, Evil Work Of
- Disfigurement
- Eyes Harmed
- Gallows