2 Samuel 23:7

And if anyone wishes to touch them, he must be armed with iron and a wooden lance. And they shall be set ablaze and burned to nothing.”

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In The King James Version

But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

In Context

6But all prevaricators shall be plucked out like thorns, yet they are not taken away by hands.

8These are the names of the valiant of David. Sitting in the chair was the wisest leader among the three; he was like a very tender little worm in a tree, who killed eight hundred men in one attack.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:8The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.

Isaiah 27:4Indignation is not mine. Who will be a thorn and a brier to me in battle? I will advance against them. I set them on fire together.

Matthew 13:42And he shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 19:27‘Yet truly, as for those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here, and put them to death before me.’”

2 Thessalonians 1:8granting vindication, by a flame of fire, against those who do not know God and who are not obedient to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 6:8But whatever brings forth thorns and briers is rejected, and is closest to what is accursed; their consummation is in combustion.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:2-8

David's Last Words. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the… Read the whole commentary →

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