When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and went off home to his own city. And he set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
Psalm 37:15 - Revised Standard Version their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The swords [of the wicked] shall enter their own hearts, and their bows shall be broken. American Standard Version (1901) Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken. Common English Bible But the sword of the wicked will enter their own hearts! Their bows will be broken! Catholic Public Domain Version And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no reproofs in his mouth. |
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and went off home to his own city. And he set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
Now the other Jews who were in the king's provinces also gathered to defend their lives, and got relief from their enemies, and slew seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they laid no hands on the plunder.
as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending choice portions to one another and gifts to the poor.
The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Let ruin come upon them unawares! And let the net which they hid ensnare them; let them fall therein to ruin!
“Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!”
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear, he burns the chariots with fire!
And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, slew him with the sword, and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the Lord is a God of recompense, he will surely requite.
And on that day, I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
And I will make for you a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land; and I will make you lie down in safety.
they shall rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword; and they shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer would not; for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword, and fell upon it.