◄ 2 Samuel 4:8 ►
They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring."
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sought

1 Samuel 18:11
and he hurled it, thinking, "I will pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice.

1 Samuel 19:2-11, 15
so he warned David, saying, "My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there. . . .

1 Samuel 20:1
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?"

1 Samuel 23:15
While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.

1 Samuel 25:29
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

Psalm 63:9, 10
But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth. . . .

Psalm 71:24
My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

Matthew 2:20
"Get up!" he said. "Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child's life are now dead."

the Lord

2 Samuel 18:19, 31
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, "Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies." . . .

2 Samuel 22:48
the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

Luke 18:7, 8
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help? . . .

Revelation 6:10
And they cried out in a loud voice, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?"

Revelation 18:20
"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets; because it is for you that God has pronounced His judgment against her."

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New American Standard Bible
Then they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; thus the LORD has given my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and his descendants."

King James Bible
And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They brought Ish-bosheth's head to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here's the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who intended to take your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring."

International Standard Version
They brought Ish-bosheth's head to David at Hebron and told the king, "Look! Here's the head of your enemy Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, who sought your life. Today the LORD has given your majesty the king vengeance on Saul and his descendants."

NET Bible
They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, saying to the king, "Look! The head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life! The LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king this day against Saul and his descendants!"
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