2 Samuel 4:11

how much more, when, lawless men, have slain a righteous person, in his own house, upon his bed? …Now, therefore, must I not require his blood at your hands, and so consume you, out of the earth?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

In Context

10when he that brought tidings to me, saying, Lo! Saul is dead, though, he, was as one that bringeth good tidings, in his own eyes, yet I seized him, and slew him in Ziklag,—which was how I gave him reward for his tidings:

12David therefore commanded the young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands, and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool, in Hebron,—but, the head of Ish-bosheth, took they, and buried in the grave of Abner, in Hebron.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:13So God said unto Noah: the end of all flesh, hath come in before me, for, filled, is the earth with violence, because of them,—behold me, then, destroying them with the earth.

Genesis 9:5And surely your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it,—and from the hand of man From the hand of each one’s brother, will I require the life of man:

Exodus 9:15For now, might I have put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence,—and thou shouldst have secretly disappeared from the earth;

Numbers 35:31And ye shall accept no ransom for the life of him that slayeth, if he have unlawfully caused death,—but he, must surely be put to death.

2 Samuel 3:39And, I myself, this day, am weak, though anointed king, but, these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I: Yahweh repay, the doer of wickedness, according to his wickedness.

Psalms 9:12When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 4:10-12

Ish-bosheth's Murderers Punished. ( b. c. 1048.) 9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed?… Read the whole commentary →

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