2 Samuel 23:7

The man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They will be utterly burned with fire in their place.”

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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 the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can’t be taken with the hand.

8These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred at one time.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

Isaiah 27:4Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.

Matthew 13:42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 19:27But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”

2 Thessalonians 1:8punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

Hebrews 6:8but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

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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