Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the groin, so that he died—on account of the blood of his brother Asahel.
Proverbs 7:26 - Tree of Life Version For many are the victims she has brought down, and numerous are all her slain. 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. |
Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the groin, so that he died—on account of the blood of his brother Asahel.
Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin about these things? Yet among many nations there was never any king like him. Yes, he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, the foreign women caused even him to sin.
Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
He will find disease and disgrace. His shame will never be wiped away.
Her house is a highway to Sheol, leading down to the chambers of death.
But he does not know that the dead are there— her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
And let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day 23,000 fell.
I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I will mourn for many of those who have sinned before and not repented of the impurity and sexual immorality and indecency which they committed.
Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul.
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he became a grinder in the prison.