2 Samuel 16:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

Behold

2 Samuel 12:11

Came forth

2 Samuel 7:2

Genesis 15:4

Seeketh

General references

Psalm 38:13

Matthew 10:36

Bible References

Behold

Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight.

Came forth

that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”

Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.”

Seeketh

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight.

It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that

Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

And the Lord sent an angel who destroyed every mighty warrior, commander and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

General references

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.