2 Samuel 3:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

Rest

Revelation 16:6

Let there

1 Samuel 2:32

2 Kings 5:27

Psalm 109:8

An issue

Leviticus 13:44

2 Kings 5:1

General references

Psalm 109:10

Bible References

Rest

And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

So that punishment for the violent attack made on the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for their blood, might come on Abimelech, their brother, who put them to death, and on the townsmen of Shechem who gave him their help in putting his brothers to death.

And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.

And when the people saw it hanging on his hand, they said to one another, Without doubt this man has put someone to death, and though he has got safely away from the sea, God will not let him go on living.

For they made the blood of saints and prophets come out like a stream, and blood have you given them for drink; which is their right reward.

Let there

And never again will there be an old man in your family.

Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.

Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.

An issue

He is a leper and unclean; the priest is to say that he is most certainly unclean: the disease is in his head.

Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.

General references

Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.