2 Samuel 4:8

Good News Translation

They presented the head to King David at Hebron and said to him, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul, who tried to kill you. Today the Lord has allowed Your Majesty to take revenge on Saul and his descendants.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:19

Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said to Joab, “Let me run to the king with the good news that the Lord has saved him from his enemies.”

2 Samuel 18:31

Then the Ethiopian slave arrived and said to the king, “I have good news for Your Majesty! Today the Lord has given you victory over all who rebelled against you!”

2 Samuel 2:8

The commander of Saul's army, Abner son of Ner, had fled with Saul's son Ishbosheth across the Jordan to Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 22:48

He gives me victory over my enemies; he subdues the nations under me

Psalm 71:24

I will speak of your righteousness all day long, because those who tried to harm me have been defeated and disgraced.

Matthew 2:20

and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go back to the land of Israel, because those who tried to kill the child are dead.”

Revelation 18:20

Be glad, heaven, because of her destruction! Be glad, God's people and the apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her for what she did to you!

Revelation 6:10

They shouted in a loud voice, “Almighty Lord, holy and true! How long will it be until you judge the people on earth and punish them for killing us?”

1 Samuel 18:11

“I'll pin him to the wall,” Saul said to himself, and he threw the spear at him twice; but David dodged each time.

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul told his son Jonathan and all his officials that he planned to kill David. But Jonathan was very fond of David,

1 Samuel 19:15

But Saul sent them back to see David for themselves. He ordered them, “Carry him here in his bed, and I will kill him.”

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and went to Jonathan. “What have I done?” he asked. “What crime have I committed? What wrong have I done to your father to make him want to kill me?”

1 Samuel 23:15

David saw that Saul was out to kill him. David was at Horesh, in the wilderness near Ziph.

1 Samuel 24:4

They said to him, “This is your chance! The Lord has told you that he would put your enemy in your power and you could do to him whatever you wanted to.” David crept over and cut off a piece of Saul's robe without Saul's knowing it.

1 Samuel 25:29

If anyone should attack you and try to kill you, the Lord your God will keep you safe, as someone guards a precious treasure. As for your enemies, however, he will throw them away, as someone hurls stones with a sling.