2 Kings 6:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

Wouldest

Deuteronomy 20:11

2 Chronicles 28:8

Thy sword

Hosea 2:18

Set bread

Proverbs 25:21

Matthew 5:44

Romans 12:20

General references

Matthew 5:44

Bible References

Wouldest

If it accepts your offer of peace and opens its gates to you, all the people found in it will become forced laborers for you and serve you.

Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their brothers—women, sons, and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder from them and brought it to Samaria.

Thy sword

Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

I sent the hornet

ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you. It was not by your sword or bow.

For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.

But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,
and I will deliver them by the Lord their God.
I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,
or by horses and cavalry.

On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land

and will enable the people to rest securely.

Set bread

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

But

If your enemy is hungry, feed him.

If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.

General references

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,