Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Let me run and carry tidings to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the power of his enemies.”
2 Samuel 22:48 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is God that avengeth me, And that bringeth down the people under me, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is God Who executes vengeance for me and Who brought down [and disciplined] the peoples under me, American Standard Version (1901) Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me, Common English Bible This is the God who avenges on my behalf, who subdues peoples before me, Catholic Public Domain Version God gives me vindication, and he casts down the peoples under me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me: |
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Let me run and carry tidings to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the power of his enemies.”
Then the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, “Good tidings for my lord the king! For the Lord has vindicated you this day, delivering you from the power of all who rose up against you.”
They brought the head of Ishbaal to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ishbaal son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life; the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”
The Lord says to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”
my rock and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues the peoples under me.
for the day of vengeance and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip? Because the day of their calamity is at hand; their doom comes swiftly.
May the Lord judge between me and you! May the Lord avenge me on you, but my hand shall not be against you.
When the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince over Israel,
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the case of Nabal’s insult to me and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evildoing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail to make her his wife.