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.”
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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.”
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Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
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So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.'
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 2:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 2:32 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.
- Matthew 27:25 All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”
- 2 Samuel 3:28-29 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. Let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”
- 2 Kings 5:27 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.
- Psalms 89:29 I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
- Psalms 89:36-37 His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”
- Psalms 101:8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.
- Psalms 109:6-15 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. Let his days be few. Let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children. Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out. Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
- Psalms 132:12 If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”
- Proverbs 25:5 Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
- Isaiah 9:6-7 For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
- Isaiah 11:1-9 A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit. Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears; but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked. Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist. The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them. The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- Luke 1:31-33 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’ He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”
- Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Joab shall be justly punished for the blood that…
Joab shall be justly punished for the blood that he hath cruelly shed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the…
1Ki 2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
Ver. 33. And upon the head of his seed for ever.] See 2Sa 3:29. {See Trapp on "2Sa 3:29"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Upon the head of his seed for ever; either…
Upon the head of his seed for ever; either as long as he shall have a posterity, or for a long time, as that phrase is commonly used; but in and by this execution of justice upon him, and such malefactors, my throne shall be established, and God will bless me and mine with peace and prosperity.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up,.... To…
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up,.... To Gibeon, which was a great high place, Kg1 3:4;
and fell upon him, and slew him; at the altar; or, dragging him from it at some distance, drew his sword and slew him:
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and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness; not in his dwelling house strictly taken, but in a garden or field adjoining to it, which house in the wilderness; not a waste place uninhabited; for, as Kimchi observes, this word sometimes signifies a place uninhabited, though not tilled, but left for pasture of cattle; and in such a place might Joab's house be, at least his country house, where he might have a farm, and fields, and cattle, as it is plain he had, Sa2 14:30.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Upon the head of his seed - Compare the…
Upon the head of his seed - Compare the margin reference. Nothing further is heard of Joab’s descendants in the history.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Their blood shall . . . return upon the…
Their blood shall . . . return upon the head of Joab, &c.--A reference is here made to the curse publicly and solemnly pronounced by King David (Sa2 3:28-29).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 33. Upon… his seed for ever — So the…
33. Upon… his seed for ever — So the bitter curse of David had long before predicted. See 2Sa_3:29. On that archaic jurisprudence which visited the sins of the fathers upon the children, see note on Jos_7:24.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 33. and upon the head of his seed for…
33. and upon the head of his seed for ever] Solomon has in mind here the words of his father at the time of Abner’s murder (2Sa_3:29). David’s prayer then was “let the blood rest on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house.”
shall there be peace for ever] The law of Moses ordained that the shedder of innocent blood should not go unpunished (Deu_19:13), and it is said ‘Thine eye shall not pity him … that it may go well with thee.’ Hence there was hope of peace after the murderer was punished.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of…
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Josh, and upon the head of his seed according to Exo_20:5 Exo_34:7; Lev_20:5 Lev_26:39. There is an obvious reference to David"s curse 2Sa_3:29, which thoroughly agreed with the spirit of the Old Testament in comprehending the children in its sweep. And it is to be noticed that the sins of the fathers are still, by the operation of natural laws, and by the constitution and laws of society, visited upon the children, to the third and fourth generation forever: but upon Heb. to David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be or be," optative; LXX genoito peace i.e., prosperity forever from the Lord. So persuaded is Solomon that he is fulfilling a religious duty in decreeing the execution of Joab; so little thought has he of malice, revenge, or any baser motive, that he counts on the Divine blessing m perpetuity for the deed.
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