2 Samuel 12:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

I will raise

2 Samuel 13:1

2 Samuel 15:6

I will take

Hosea 4:13

General references

Bible References

I will raise

Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon was infatuated with her.

Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for a settlement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

I will take

Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Sleep with your father’s concubines he left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become repulsive to your father, everyone with you will be encouraged.”

You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.

“But if the prophet is deceived and speaks a message, it was I, Yahweh, who deceived that prophet. I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances they could not live by.

They sacrifice on the mountaintops,
and they burn offerings on the hills,
and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,
because their shade is pleasant.
And so your daughters act promiscuously
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

General references

‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.

If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.

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So Jeremiah the prophet related all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem