2 Samuel 4:8

Modern English Version

They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. This day, the Lord has given retribution against Saul and his descendent to my lord the king.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:19

Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Allow me to run and bring the news to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.”

2 Samuel 18:31

And behold, the Cushite came and said, “Good news for my lord the king, for today the Lord has delivered you from those who rose up against you.”

2 Samuel 2:8

However, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Saul, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 22:48

the God who gave me retribution and brought down peoples under me,

Psalm 71:24

My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long, for they are confounded and brought to shame who seek my hurt.

Matthew 2:20

saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young Child’s life are dead.”

Revelation 18:20

“Rejoice over her, O heaven and saints and apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you against her.”

Revelation 6:10

They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

1 Samuel 18:11

And Saul threw the spear. For he said, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David avoided him two times.

1 Samuel 19:1

And Saul spoke to Jonathan, his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted very much in David.

1 Samuel 19:15

Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”

1 Samuel 20:1

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my offense? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

1 Samuel 23:15

Now David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in Horesh.

1 Samuel 24:4

The men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I am giving your enemy into your hand. You may do with him as seems good in your eyes.’ ” Then David arose and secretly cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 25:29

Even if a man rises to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord will be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies He will sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.