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 that smiteth a man that he die, shall be slain for it.

and said to the judges, "Take heed what ye do: for ye be not judges in the law of man, but of the LORD - which is with you in the words of the law.

All the horns of the ungodly will I break, and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land, that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

A king that sitteth in judgment, and looketh well about him, driveth away all evil.

Take away ungodliness from the king, and his seat shall be established with righteousness.

Weak

For David thus thought, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD, must exceed in greatness, that it may be spoken of and praised in all lands. I will therefore make ordinance for it." And so David prepared abundance before his death.

and say unto him, 'Take heed to thyself and be still, but fear not, neither be fainthearted for these two tails: that is, for these two smoking firebrands, the wrath and furiousness of Rezin the Syrian and Remaliah's son.

The sons

Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh -

Too hard

in that thou lovest thine enemies and hatest thy friends. Thou hast declared this day that thou carest neither for thy lords nor servants. For this day I do perceive, if Absalom had lived, and all we died this day, that then it had pleased thee well.

The lord

Moreover thou knowest how Joab the son of Zeruiah hath served me, and what he hath done to the two captains of the hosts of Israel - unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether - how he slew them and shed the blood of war in time of peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet.

For his travail shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.

Reward them according to their deeds and wickedness of their own inventions. Recompense them after the works of their hands; pay them that they have deserved.

and that thou, LORD, art merciful; for thou rewardest every man according to his work.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil, the Lord reward him according to his deeds,