Hosea 6:8 - Easy To Read Version Gilead {\cf2\super [66]} is a city of people that do evil.\par People have tricked and killed other people.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Gilead is a city of evildoers; it is tracked with bloody [footprints]. American Standard Version (1901) Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood. Common English Bible Gilead is a city of wicked people, tracked with blood. Catholic Public Domain Version Gilead is a city that manufactures idols; it has been tripped up by family relations. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood. |
When Joab and the army came to Big Rock at Gibeon, Amasa came out to meet them. Joab was wearing his uniform. Joab had on a belt, and his sword was in its sheath. [117] As Joab was walking {to meet Amasa}, Joab’s sword fell out of its sheath. {Joab picked up the sword and was holding it in his hand.}
When Abner arrived at Hebron, Joab took him to one side in the middle of the gateway to talk with him in private. And then Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach, and Abner died. Abner had killed Joab’s brother Asahel. So now Joab killed Abner.
David also said, “You remember what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me. He killed two of the commanders of Israel’s army. He killed Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. Remember, he killed them during a time of peace! The blood from these men splashed on the sword belt and army boots he was wearing. I should have punished him.
Those people hide in secret places\par and wait to catch people.\par They hide, looking for people to hurt.\par They kill innocent people.\par
Don’t let me want to do bad things.\par Stop me from joining bad people\par when they do wrong.\par Don’t let me share the things\par those bad people enjoy doing.\par
Save me from those people who\par do bad things.\par Save me from those murderers.\par
These webs can’t be used for clothes. You can’t cover yourself with those webs.
Before the Lord showed me that the people were against me, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not understand that they were against me. They were saying these things about me: “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit! Let us kill him! Then people will forget him.”
But the people in Gilead {\cf2\super [138]} have sinned. There are many terrible idols in that place. The people offer sacrifices to bulls at Gilgal. Those people have many altars. {\cf2\super [139]} There are rows and rows of altars—like the rows of dirt in a plowed field.
“Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. In that place, Israel {\cf2\super [140]} worked for a wife. He kept sheep to get another wife.
The people swear, lie, kill, and steal. They do the sin of adultery, {\cf2\super [31]} and they have their babies. The people murder again and again. {\cf2\super [32]}
“Priests, nation of Israel, and people in the king’s family, listen to me. You have been judged guilty!
I mean, all of the faithful people are gone.\par There are no good people left\par in this country.\par Every person is waiting to kill someone.\par Every person is trying to trap his brother.\par
They asked Festus to do something for them; the Jews wanted Festus to send Paul back to Jerusalem. They had a plan to kill Paul on the way.
The family group of Gad gave them Ramoth in Gilead. (Ramoth was a city of safety.) They also gave them Mahanaim,