2 Samuel 3:39

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

I am

Weak

1 Chronicles 22:5

Isaiah 7:4

The sons

1 Chronicles 2:15

Too hard

2 Samuel 19:6

The lord

2 Timothy 4:14

Bible References

I am

“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

He said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the Lord who is with you when you render judgment.

And all the horns of the wicked He will cut off,
But the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

Every morning I will

destroy all the wicked of the land,

So as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.

A king who sits on the throne of justice

Disperses all evil with his eyes.

Take away the wicked before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.

Weak

David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it.” So David made ample preparations before his death.

and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.

The sons

Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

Too hard

by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. For you have shown today that princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased.

The lord

“Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist, and on his sandals on his feet.

His mischief will return upon his own head,
And his violence will descend upon his own pate.

Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Requite them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them their recompense.

And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord,
For You recompense a man according to his work.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.