2 Chronicles 18:26

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Summary

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

This fellow

Bread of affliction

Psalm 80:5

Psalm 102:9

Isaiah 30:20

Until i return

Bible References

This fellow

Now David had been thinking, "In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn't take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!"

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."

The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, "Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!"

Bread of affliction

You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.

For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,

The sovereign master will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them.

Until i return

When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.

A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.