Thematic Bible: Mutilation of
Thematic Bible
Body » Mutilation of
When Adoni-Bezek ran away, they chased him and captured him. Then they cut off his thumbs and big toes.
The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
So David issued orders to the soldiers and they put them to death. Then they cut off their hands and feet and hung them near the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.
So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood.
I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors will die by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.
Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
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- Another's Burial Place
- Being Struck With Stones
- Blinding
- Brass
- Breaking Chains
- Bronze Shackles
- Burning People
- Captives
- Children Suffering
- Covered With Blood
- Cruelty, examples of
- Custom
- Cutting Off Hands And Feet
- Days, Natural Use
- Demons Causing Torment
- Demons Harming Individuals
- Demons, Evil Work Of
- Disfigurement
- Eyes Harmed