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 hurled the spear, for he thought, "I will pin David to the wall." But David evaded him twice.

And Jonathan told David, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"

David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the LORD your God. And the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.

saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

The lord

Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me run and carry news to the king that the LORD has delivered him from the hand of his enemies."

the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?

They cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!"