Thematic Bible: Criminals often


Thematic Bible



And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. Verse ConceptsGallowsHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMutilationPoolsDisfigurementSkullsCutting Off Hands And FeetAnother's Burial PlacePeople Hung To DeathKilling Named Individuals

thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare. Verse ConceptsKnivesCutting Off Hands And FeetShow No Mercymanhoodpitycutting

Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRespect, For Human BeingsDisrespect For Old Age


Ado'ni-be'zek fled; but they pursued him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And Ado'ni-be'zek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.