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.
Proverbs 7:26 - Easy To Read Version She has caused many men to fall. She has destroyed many men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For she has cast down many wounded; indeed, all her slain are a mighty host. [Neh. 13:26.] American Standard Version (1901) For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host. Common English Bible She has caused many corpses to fall; she has killed many people. Catholic Public Domain Version For she has tossed aside many wounded, and some of those who were very strong have been slain by her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her. |
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.
You know that marriages like this caused Solomon to sin. In all the many nations, there was not a king as great as Solomon. God loved Solomon. And God made Solomon king over the whole nation of Israel. But even Solomon was made to sin because of foreign women.
And now, going with her into her house leads to death! If you follow her, she will lead you to the grave!
A bad woman waits for you like a thief. And she causes many men to become sinners.
People will lose all their respect for him. And he will never lose that shame.
And those poor foolish people didn’t know that her house was filled only with ghosts. She (Foolishness) had invited them into the deepest parts of the place of death!
We should not do sexual sins like some of those people did. In one day 23,000 of them died \{because of their sin\}.
I am afraid that when I come to you again, my God will make me humble before you. I may be saddened by many of you who have sinned. I may be saddened because those people have not changed their hearts to be sorry for their evil lives, for their sexual sins, and for the shameful things they have done.
Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers \{in this world\}. So I beg you to stay away from the evil things your bodies want to do. These things fight against your soul.
The Philistine men captured Samson. They tore out his eyes, and took him down to the city of Gaza. Then they put chains on him to keep him from running away. They put Samson in prison and made him work grinding grain.