Thematic Bible: Criminals often


Thematic Bible



So David gave orders to the young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron. Verse ConceptsGallowsHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMutilationPoolsDisfigurementSkullsCutting Off Hands And FeetAnother's Burial PlacePeople Hung To DeathKilling Named Individuals

you are to cut off her hand. You must not show pity. Verse ConceptsKnivesCutting Off Hands And FeetShow No Mercymanhoodpitycutting

Princes are hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.
Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRespect, For Human BeingsDisrespect For Old Age


When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up [scraps] under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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