Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
2 Samuel 18:15 - King James 2000 And ten young men that bore Joab’s armor compassed about and struck Absalom, and slew 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 shall never depart from your house; because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
Then said Joab, I cannot tarry thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel has come to the king, even to his house.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to a pit; let no man help him.
He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whosoever breaks through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.