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 had a spear in his hand, and hurled it; intending to have nailed David to the wall. But David avoided out of his presence two times.

and told David saying, "Saul my father goeth about to slay thee. Now therefore take heed to thyself betimes and abide in some secret place and hide thyself.

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah and went and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? Wherein am I faulty? What is the sin that I have committed before thy father that he seeketh my life?"

And David saw that Saul was come out, to seek his life, while David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a thicket.

And if any man rise to persecute thee and to seek thy soul, the soul of my lord be bound in a bundle of life with the LORD thy God. And the souls of thy enemies be slung in the middle of a sling.

These also that seek the hurt of my soul, they shall go under the earth.

My tongue talketh of thy righteousness, all the day long; for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.

saying, "Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the child's life."

The lord

Then said Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, "Let me run I pray thee, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath judged him quite of the hands of all his enemies."

It is God that avengeth me, and bringeth down the people under me.

And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:

and they cried with a loud voice saying, "How long tarriest thou Lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath given your judgment on her."