2 Samuel 4:8

Ish-Bosheth Is Assassinated

⁷ They came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him; and they took his head, and went by the way of the plain all night. ⁸ And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, thine enemy who sought thy life; and Jehovah has given to my lord the king to be avenged this day of Saul and of his seed. ⁹ Then David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

My Lord the King

Your Enemy

David

Hebron

Ishbosheth

Jehovah

Saul

1 Samuel 25:29

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.

1 Samuel 23:15

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

1 Samuel 18:11

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

1 Samuel 19:2-11

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;

1 Samuel 19:15

And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may put him to death.

1 Samuel 20:1

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?

1 Samuel 24:4

And David's men said to him, Behold the day of which Jehovah said to thee, Behold, I will give thine enemy into thy hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good to thee. And David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.

2 Samuel 18:19

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.

2 Samuel 18:31

And behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Let my lord the king receive good tidings, for Jehovah has avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

2 Samuel 22:48

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

Psalm 63:9-10

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

Psalm 71:24

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.

Matthew 2:20

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.

Luke 18:7-8

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

Revelation 6:10

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?

Revelation 18:20

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