2 Samuel 23:7

And if a man will touch them, he must be armed with iron and with the staff of a lance: but they shall be set on fire and burnt to nothing.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns: which are not taken away with hands.

8These are the names of the valiant men of David. Jesbaham sitting in the chair was the wisest chief among the three, he was like the most tender little worm of the wood, who killed eight hundred men at one onset.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:8The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

Isaiah 27:4There is no indignation in m: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall march against it, shall I set it on fire together?

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

Luke 19:27But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither, and kill them before me.

2 Thessalonians 1:8In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 6:8But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers, is reprobate, and very near unto a curse, whose end is to be burnt.

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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