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

And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.

But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill thee; and now, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place and hide thyself;

And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity, and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life?

And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling.

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth;

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day; for they shall be ashamed, for they shall be brought to confusion, that seek my hurt.

Arise, take to thee the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.

The lord

And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me run, I pray, and carry the king the news that Jehovah has avenged him of his enemies.

The God who hath avenged me, And hath brought the peoples under me.

And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?

and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth?

Rejoice over her, heaven, and ye saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.