Thematic Bible: Of the body, general references to
Thematic Bible
Mutilation » Of the body, general references to
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with [two] bronze chains; and he was forced to be a grinder [of grain into flour at the mill] in the prison.
So David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hung them beside the pool in Hebron. But they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Hebron in the tomb of Abner [his relative].
So they cried out with a loud voice [to get Baal’s attention] and cut themselves with swords and lances in accordance with their custom, until the blood flowed out on them.
I will set My jealous indignation against you [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], and they will deal with you in fury. They will remove your nose and your ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and the survivors will be devoured by the fire.
Night and day he was constantly screaming and shrieking among the tombs and on the mountains, and cutting himself with [sharp] stones.
Related Topics
- 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
- Gallows