II Samuel 4:11
The Scripture
(11) How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Two of Ish-bosheth's captains, Baanah and Rechab, murdered him in his bed and brought his head to David expecting a reward, but David had them executed for killing an innocent man. The chapter also introduces Mephibosheth, Jonathan's crippled son, who was dropped and injured by his nurse while fleeing news of Saul and Jonathan's deaths.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I Kings 2:32Proverbs 25:26Habakkuk 1:4Habakkuk 1:12I John 3:12II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 3:39Genesis 9:5Genesis 9:6Exodus 21:12Numbers 35:31Numbers 35:32
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