2 Samuel 14:7

God's Word

Then the entire family turned against me. They said, ‘Give us the man who killed his brother so that we can kill him because he took his brother’s life. We’re going to destroy the one who ⌞now⌟ would be the heir.’ In this way they wish to extinguish the ⌞one⌟ burning coal that is left for me. They will not let my husband’s name or descendants remain on the face of the earth.”

Cross References

Genesis 27:45

When your brother’s anger is gone and he has forgotten what you did to him, I’ll send for you and get you back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

Genesis 4:14

You have forced me off this land today. I have to hide from you and become a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth. Now anyone who finds me will kill me!”

2 Samuel 12:17

The older leaders in his palace stood beside him to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling. And he wouldn’t eat with them.

2 Samuel 14:6

I had two sons who quarreled in the field, and there was no one to separate them. One killed the other.

2 Samuel 14:8

“Go home,” the king told the woman. “I will order someone to take care of this matter.”

Numbers 35:19

The relative who can avenge the death must make sure a murderer is put to death. When he catches up with the murderer, he must kill him.

Matthew 21:38

“When the workers saw his son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him and get his inheritance.’

Deuteronomy 25:6

Then the first son she has will carry the dead brother’s name so that his name won’t die out in Israel.