2 Samuel 14:9
Hebrew Text— 2 Samuel 14:9The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
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Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.
It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.
She fell at his feet, and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.
saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”
So their blood will return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his offspring forever. But for David, for his offspring, for his house, and for his throne, there will be peace forever from Yahweh.”
Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, “Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion.”
Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants; for in truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
“You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.
All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”
Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”
Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”
He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever;
Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.
you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
“ ‘So you shall not pollute the land where you live; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt on you.
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.
his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother who killed them, and on the men of Shechem who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’ ”
Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”
He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.” He answered, “I’m listening.”
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”
Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.
Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your offspring forever.” He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father,
Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.
and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahweh would not pardon.
Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.
Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.
They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”
As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
For, behold, Yahweh comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt;
You show loving kindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them. The great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is your name:
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
“So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”
When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”