2 Samuel 23:6

All these are as a thorn thrust forth, 1 For they shall not be taken with the hand, 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

In Context

5For my house is not so with the Mighty One: 1 For he has made an everlasting covenant with me, 1 Ready, guarded at every time; 1 For all my salvation and all my desire is, 1 That the wicked should not flourish. 1

7And a man shall not labor among them; 1 And one shall have that which is fully armed with iron, 1 And the staff of a spear, 1 And he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burned in their shame.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

1 Samuel 2:12And the sons of Eli the priest were evil sons, not knowing the Lord.

2 Samuel 20:1And there was a transgressor so called there, and his name was Sheba, a Benjaminite, the son of Bichri: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse: to thy tents, O Israel, every one.

Isaiah 33:12And the nations shall be burned up; as a thorn in the field cast out and burned up.

Micah 7:4therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a rigid rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.

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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