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

Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David's son Amnon fell madly in love with her.

Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel.

I will take

Ahithophel replied to Absalom, "Have sex with your father's concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you."

You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

"'As for the prophet, if he is made a fool by being deceived into speaking a prophetic word -- I, the Lord, have made a fool of that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.

I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and burn offerings on the hills; they sacrifice under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is so pleasant. As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery!

General references

Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

The prophet Jeremiah told all this to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.