2 Samuel 4:8

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Summary

And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

Sought

The lord

Revelation 18:20

Bible References

Sought

Saul hurled the spear for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence twice.

So Jonathan told David saying, “Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?”

Now David became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the

depths of the earth.

My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt.

“Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”

The lord

Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and bring the king news that the Lord has freed him from the hand of his enemies.”

The God who executes vengeance for me,

And brings down peoples under me,

now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?

and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O

Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.”