2 Samuel 16:8
The Lord has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
Note behold…: Heb. behold thee in thy evil
The Lord has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! The Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!”
Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- returned
- Judges 9:24, 56, 57; 1 Kings 2:32, 33; Acts 28:4, 5; Revelation 16:6
- the blood
- 2 Samuel 1:16; 2 Samuel 3:28, 29; 2 Samuel 4:8–12; Psalm 3:2; Psalm 4:2