Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriyah the Chittite to be your wife.'
2 Samuel 18:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Ten young men who bore Yo'av's armor compassed about and struck Avshalom, and killed him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded and struck Absalom and killed him. American Standard Version (1901) And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. Common English Bible Then ten young armor-bearers of Joab surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him. Catholic Public Domain Version ten young men, armor bearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him, they killed him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him. |
Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriyah the Chittite to be your wife.'
Then said Yo'av, I may not wait thus with you. He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Avshalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
Yo'av blew the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing after Yisra'el; for Yo'av held back the people.
King David sent to Tzadok and to Avyatar the Kohanim, saying, Speak to the elders of Yehudah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Yisra'el is come to the king, [to bring him] to his house.
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.
He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.