逐节对照
- Amplified Bible - Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt], The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples; Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver; He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.
- 新标点和合本 - 求你叱喝芦苇中的野兽和群公牛, 并列邦中的牛犊。 把银块踹在脚下; 神已经赶散好争战的列邦。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 求你斥责芦苇中的野兽和公牛群, 并万民中的牛犊。 直到他们带着银块来朝贡 ; 上帝已经赶散好战的万民 。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 求你斥责芦苇中的野兽和公牛群, 并万民中的牛犊。 直到他们带着银块来朝贡 ; 神已经赶散好战的万民 。
- 当代译本 - 求你斥责那芦苇中的野兽, 斥责成群的公牛和列邦的牛犊, 使他们俯首献上贡银。 求你驱散好战的列邦。
- 圣经新译本 - 求你斥责芦苇中的野兽、 成群的公牛和万民中的牛犊, 并且把 贪爱银块的人践踏在脚下; 求你赶散那些喜爱战争的民族。
- 中文标准译本 - 求你斥责芦苇中的野兽, 斥责壮牛群以及万民中的牛犊; 把贪爱银块的人践踏在脚下 , 驱散那喜好战斗的民众。
- 现代标点和合本 - 求你叱喝芦苇中的野兽和群公牛, 并列邦中的牛犊, 把银块踹在脚下; 神已经赶散好争战的列邦。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 求你叱喝芦苇中的野兽和群公牛, 并列邦中的牛犊; 把银块踹在脚下, 上帝已经赶散好争战的列邦。
- New International Version - Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
- New International Reader's Version - Give a strong warning to Egypt, that beast among the tall grass. It is like a herd of bulls among the calves. May that beast bow down before you with gifts of silver. Scatter the nations who like to make war.
- English Standard Version - Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.
- New Living Translation - Rebuke these enemy nations— these wild animals lurking in the reeds, this herd of bulls among the weaker calves. Make them bring bars of silver in humble tribute. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
- Christian Standard Bible - Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those with bars of silver. Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.
- New American Standard Bible - Rebuke the animals in the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Trampling the pieces of silver; He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.
- New King James Version - Rebuke the beasts of the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Till everyone submits himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples who delight in war.
- American Standard Version - Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.
- King James Version - Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
- New English Translation - Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.
- World English Bible - Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
- 新標點和合本 - 求你叱喝蘆葦中的野獸和羣公牛, 並列邦中的牛犢。 把銀塊踹在腳下; 神已經趕散好爭戰的列邦。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 求你斥責蘆葦中的野獸和公牛羣, 並萬民中的牛犢。 直到他們帶着銀塊來朝貢 ; 上帝已經趕散好戰的萬民 。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 求你斥責蘆葦中的野獸和公牛羣, 並萬民中的牛犢。 直到他們帶着銀塊來朝貢 ; 神已經趕散好戰的萬民 。
- 當代譯本 - 求你斥責那蘆葦中的野獸, 斥責成群的公牛和列邦的牛犢, 使他們俯首獻上貢銀。 求你驅散好戰的列邦。
- 聖經新譯本 - 求你斥責蘆葦中的野獸、 成群的公牛和萬民中的牛犢, 並且把 貪愛銀塊的人踐踏在腳下; 求你趕散那些喜愛戰爭的民族。
- 呂振中譯本 - 求你叱責蘆荻中的野獸、 雄壯的公牛羣、別族之民的領主 ; 將貪婪銀子的踹於腳下 ; 趕散喜好接戰的別族之民 。
- 中文標準譯本 - 求你斥責蘆葦中的野獸, 斥責壯牛群以及萬民中的牛犢; 把貪愛銀塊的人踐踏在腳下 , 驅散那喜好戰鬥的民眾。
- 現代標點和合本 - 求你叱喝蘆葦中的野獸和群公牛, 並列邦中的牛犢, 把銀塊踹在腳下; 神已經趕散好爭戰的列邦。
- 文理和合譯本 - 其叱葦中之獸、牡牛之羣、民眾之犢、踐其銀於足下、驅散好鬥之民兮、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 好鬥之人、如牛如犢、如葦間之獸、爾制伏之、爾離散之、俾輸金以歸附兮。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 願主叱喝葦叢之野獸、與群牡牛、及似牛犢之異邦人、使之皆攜銀叩伏、喜爭鬥之列國、天主均已擊散、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 以爾駐蹕。於我 瑟琳 。萬王賓貢。莫敢不勤。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Reprende a esa bestia de los juncos, a esa manada de toros bravos entre naciones que parecen becerros. Haz que, humillada, te lleve barras de plata; dispersa a las naciones belicosas.
- 현대인의 성경 - 갈밭의 들짐승과 같은 이집트를 꾸짖으시고 송아지를 거느린 수소떼와 같은 온 세계 민족을 꾸짖어 그들이 은을 바치며 복종할 때까지 낮추소서. 전쟁을 즐기는 모든 민족을 흩으소서.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Я же угнетен и страдаю. Спасение Твое, Боже, пусть возвысит меня!
- Восточный перевод - Я же угнетён и страдаю. Спасение Твоё, Всевышний, пусть возвысит меня!
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я же угнетён и страдаю. Спасение Твоё, Аллах, пусть возвысит меня!
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я же угнетён и страдаю. Спасение Твоё, Всевышний, пусть возвысит меня!
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - depuis ton sanctuaire ╵qui domine Jérusalem ! Des rois t’y apporteront leurs présents.
- リビングバイブル - ああ神よ、敵をしかりつけ、 進んで税を持って来るようにしてください。 争い事を好む連中を追い散らしてください。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Repreende a fera entre os juncos, a manada de touros entre os bezerros das nações. Humilhados, tragam barras de prata. Espalha as nações que têm prazer na guerra.
- Hoffnung für alle - Dein Tempel ragt hoch über Jerusalem. Dorthin bringen dir Könige ihren Tribut.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Xin quở trách đội quân các nước— là những thú dữ trong lau sậy, và đàn bò rừng giữa bò con của các dân tộc. Xin hạ nhục bọn người dâng bạc. Xin đánh tan các đoàn dân hiếu chiến.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ขอทรงลงโทษสัตว์ร้ายในพงอ้อ ขอทรงลงโทษฝูงโคถึกในหมู่ลูกวัวแห่งชนชาติทั้งหลาย ขอทรงกระทำให้พวกเขาสยบและนำเงินแท่งมา ขอทรงกระทำให้ชนชาติต่างๆ ที่ใฝ่สงครามกระจัดกระจายไป
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ห้ามพวกสัตว์ป่าที่อาศัยอยู่ในดงอ้อ ห้ามฝูงกระทิงที่อยู่ท่ามกลางกระทิงน้อยของบรรดาชนชาติ พวกที่ใคร่จะได้เครื่องบรรณาการ ก็ขอให้ถูกทำให้ถ่อมลง และขอให้บรรดาชนชาติที่ชอบการสงครามกระเจิดกระเจิงไป
交叉引用
- Jeremiah 51:32 - And that the fords [across the Euphrates] have been blocked and [the ferries] seized, And they have set the [great] marshes on fire, And the men of war are terrified.
- Jeremiah 51:33 - For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor At the time it is being trampled and prepared; Yet in a little while the time of harvest will come for her.”
- 2 Chronicles 14:1 - So Abijah slept with his fathers [in death], and they buried him in the City of David; and Asa his son became king in his place. The land was at peace for ten years during his days.
- 2 Chronicles 14:2 - Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 - He removed the foreign altars and high places and tore down the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones), and cut to pieces the Asherim [the symbols of the goddess Asherah].
- 2 Chronicles 14:4 - And he commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers [to inquire of and for Him and seek Him as a vital necessity], and to observe the law [given to Moses] and the commandment.
- 2 Chronicles 14:5 - Asa also removed the [idolatrous] high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom was at rest and undisturbed under his reign.
- 2 Chronicles 14:6 - He built fortified cities in Judah, since the land was at rest, and there was no one at war with him in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.
- 2 Chronicles 14:7 - So he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls, towers, gates and bars [to secure the doors]. The land is still ours because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him [longing for Him with all our heart] and He has given us peace on every side.” So they built and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 14:8 - Now Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, who carried large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, who carried shields and drew bows, all courageous men.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9 - Now Zerah the Ethiopian (Cushite) came out against Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 14:10 - Then Asa went out against him, and they drew up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11 - Asa called out to the Lord his God, saying, “O Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and the weak; so help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in and rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.”
- 2 Chronicles 14:12 - So the Lord struck the Ethiopians [with defeat] before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
- 2 Chronicles 14:13 - Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar; and so many Ethiopians fell that none of them were found alive; for they were destroyed before the Lord and His army. And they carried away a very large amount of spoil.
- 2 Chronicles 14:14 - They attacked and destroyed all the cities around Gerar, for the dread of the Lord had fallen on them. They plundered all the cities, for there was a large amount of spoil in them.
- 2 Chronicles 14:15 - They also struck down the people [living] in tents who had livestock, and took captive large numbers of sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
- Job 40:21 - He lies down under the lotus plants, In the hidden shelter of the reeds in the marsh.
- Psalms 120:7 - I am for peace, but when I speak, They are for war.
- Psalms 18:44 - As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me; Foreigners feign obedience to me.
- 2 Chronicles 20:1 - Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2 - Then it was reported to Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude has come against you from beyond the [Dead] Sea, out of Aram (Syria); and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is, Engedi).”
- 2 Chronicles 20:3 - Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the Lord; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 20:4 - So [the people of] Judah gathered together to seek help from the Lord; indeed they came from all the cities of Judah to seek the Lord [longing for Him with all their heart].
- 2 Chronicles 20:5 - Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord in front of the new courtyard,
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 - and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, there is no one able to take a stand against You.
- 2 Chronicles 20:7 - O our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Your friend Abraham?
- 2 Chronicles 20:8 - They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your Name, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 20:9 - ‘If evil comes on us, or the sword of judgment, or plague, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your Name and Your Presence is in this house) and we will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.’
- 2 Chronicles 20:10 - Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You would not allow Israel to invade when they came from the land of Egypt (for they turned away from them and did not destroy them),
- 2 Chronicles 20:11 - here they are, rewarding us by coming to drive us out of Your possession which You have given us as an inheritance.
- 2 Chronicles 20:12 - O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless against this great multitude which is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:13 - So all Judah stood before the Lord, with their infants, their wives, and their children.
- 2 Chronicles 20:14 - Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph.
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 - He said, “Listen carefully, all [you people of] Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. The Lord says this to you: ‘Be not afraid or dismayed at this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
- 2 Chronicles 20:16 - Go down against them tomorrow. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the river valley, in front of the Wilderness of Jeruel.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17 - You need not fight in this battle; take your positions, stand and witness the salvation of the Lord who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.’ ”
- 2 Chronicles 20:18 - Jehoshaphat bowed with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping Him.
- 2 Chronicles 20:19 - The Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 - So they got up early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe and trust in the Lord your God and you will be established (secure). Believe and trust in His prophets and succeed.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:21 - When he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to the Lord and those who praised Him in their holy (priestly) attire, as they went out before the army and said, “Praise and give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and lovingkindness endure forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:22 - When they began singing and praising, the Lord set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were struck down [in defeat].
- 2 Chronicles 20:23 - For the sons of Ammon and Moab [suspecting betrayal] rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, completely destroying them; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
- 2 Chronicles 20:24 - When [the men of] Judah came to the lookout tower of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies lying on the ground, and no one had escaped.
- 2 Chronicles 20:25 - When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found much among them, including equipment, garments, and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry away; so much that they spent three days gathering the spoil.
- 2 Chronicles 20:26 - Then on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for it was there that they blessed the Lord. For that reason they named that place “The Valley of Beracah (blessing)” until today.
- 2 Chronicles 20:27 - Then they returned to Jerusalem with joy, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, led by Jehoshaphat, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies.
- 2 Chronicles 20:28 - They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house (temple) of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 20:29 - And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 20:30 - So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest on all sides.
- 2 Chronicles 20:31 - Now Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
- 2 Chronicles 20:32 - He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not depart from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 20:33 - Only the high places [for pagan sacrifices] were not removed, for the people had not yet set their hearts firmly on the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 20:34 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from the first to the last, behold, they are written in the records of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 20:35 - After [all] this Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, and he acted wickedly in doing so.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36 - He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish [for trade], and they built them in Ezion-geber.
- 2 Chronicles 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the Lord has broken down what you have built.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to go to Tarshish.
- Romans 7:22 - For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],
- Isaiah 37:1 - And when King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.
- Isaiah 37:2 - Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the [royal] household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
- Isaiah 37:3 - They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke and disgrace; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
- Isaiah 37:4 - It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh [the commander], whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt and defy the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left.’ ”
- Isaiah 37:5 - So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
- Isaiah 37:6 - Isaiah said to them, “You shall say the following to your master: ‘This is what the Lord says, “Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- Isaiah 37:7 - Listen carefully, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”
- Isaiah 37:8 - So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah], for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.
- Isaiah 37:9 - And Sennacherib king of Assyria, heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush (Ethiopia), “He has come out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
- Isaiah 37:10 - “You shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
- Isaiah 37:11 - Listen carefully, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, utterly destroying them. So will you be rescued?
- Isaiah 37:12 - Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed rescue them— Gozan, Haran [of Mesopotamia], Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
- Isaiah 37:13 - Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad [of northern Syria], the king of the city of Sepharvaim, [the king of] Hena, or [the king of] Ivvah?’ ”
- Isaiah 37:14 - Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.
- Isaiah 37:15 - And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord saying,
- Isaiah 37:16 - “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
- Isaiah 37:17 - Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib that he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.
- Isaiah 37:18 - It is true, O Lord, that the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their lands,
- Isaiah 37:19 - and have cast the gods [of those peoples] into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
- Isaiah 37:20 - Now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know and fully realize that You alone, Lord, are God.”
- Isaiah 37:21 - Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, “For the Lord, the God of Israel says this, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,
- Isaiah 37:22 - this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: “She has shown contempt for you and mocked you, The Virgin Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem); She has shaken her head behind you, The Daughter of Jerusalem!
- Isaiah 37:23 - Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Isaiah 37:24 - Through your servants you have taunted and defied the Lord, And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees; And I will go to its remotest height, its most luxuriant and thickest forest.
- Isaiah 37:25 - I dug wells and drank [foreign] waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the canals [of the Nile] of Egypt.’
- Isaiah 37:26 - Have you not heard [says the God of Israel] That I did it long ago, That I planned it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, That you [king of Assyria] would [be My instrument to] turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
- Isaiah 37:27 - Therefore their inhabitants had little power, They were terrorized and shamed; They were like the grass of the field and the green vegetation, Like grass on the housetops and like a field [of grain] scorched before it is grown.
- Isaiah 37:28 - But I know your sitting down And your going out and your coming in [every detail of your life], And your raging against Me.
- Isaiah 37:29 - Because your raging against Me And your arrogance has come up to My ears, I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your mouth, And I will turn you back by the way you came.
- Isaiah 37:30 - “This shall be the sign [of these things] to you [Hezekiah]: you are to eat this year what grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from the same, and in the third year you are to sow and harvest, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Isaiah 37:31 - The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
- Isaiah 37:32 - For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant and from Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.” ’
- Isaiah 37:33 - “Therefore, the Lord says this concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with shield, or raise an assault ramp against it.
- Isaiah 37:34 - By the way that he came, by the same way he will return, and he will not come into this city,’ declares the Lord.
- Isaiah 37:35 - ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’ ”
- Isaiah 37:36 - And the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the [surviving] men got up early the next morning, they saw all the dead.
- Isaiah 37:37 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned and lived at Nineveh.
- Isaiah 37:38 - It came to pass as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat [in Armenia]. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.
- Isaiah 34:7 - Wild oxen will also fall with them And the young bulls with the strong bulls; And their land will be soaked with blood, And their dust made greasy with fat.
- James 4:1 - What leads to [the unending] quarrels and conflicts among you? Do they not come from your [hedonistic] desires that wage war in your [bodily] members [fighting for control over you]?
- 2 Samuel 8:1 - Now it came about after this that David defeated the Philistines and subdued (humbled) them, and he took control of Metheg-ammah [the main city] from the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 8:2 - He defeated Moab, and measured them with a length of rope, making them lie down on the ground; he measured two lengths to [choose those to] put to death, and one full length to [choose those to] be kept alive. And the [surviving] Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
- 2 Samuel 8:3 - Then David defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the River [Euphrates].
- 2 Samuel 8:4 - David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. David also hamstrung all the chariot horses (making them lame), but reserved enough of them for a hundred chariots.
- 2 Samuel 8:5 - When the Arameans (Syrians) of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 Arameans.
- 2 Samuel 8:6 - Then David put garrisons among the Arameans in Damascus, and the Arameans became his servants and brought tribute. The Lord helped David wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:7 - David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 8:8 - And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took an immense quantity of bronze.
- 2 Samuel 8:9 - When Toi king of Hamath heard about David’s defeat of all the forces of Hadadezer,
- 2 Samuel 8:10 - Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet and congratulate him for his battle and defeat of Hadadezer; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver, gold, and bronze [as gifts].
- 2 Samuel 8:11 - King David also dedicated these [gifts] to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he subdued:
- 2 Samuel 8:12 - from Aram (Syria), Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 2 Samuel 8:13 - So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 Arameans (Syrians) in the Valley of Salt.
- 2 Samuel 8:14 - He put garrisons in Edom; in all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord helped him wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:15 - So David reigned over all Israel, and continued to administer justice and righteousness for all his people.
- 2 Samuel 8:16 - Joab the son of Zeruiah was [commander] over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder (secretary);
- 2 Samuel 8:17 - Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the [chief] priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;
- 2 Samuel 8:18 - Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was [head] over both the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king’s bodyguards]; and David’s sons were chief [confidential] advisers (officials) [to the king].
- 2 Samuel 10:1 - Now it happened later that [Nahash] the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king in his place.
- 2 Samuel 10:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father did to me.” So David sent [a letter along with] some of his servants to console him in regard to his father’s death; and David’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites.
- 2 Samuel 10:3 - But the princes of the Ammonites [were suspicious and] said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”
- 2 Samuel 10:4 - So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half their beards, and cut off their robes in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.
- 2 Samuel 10:5 - When David was informed, he sent [messengers] to meet them [before they reached Jerusalem], for the men were greatly ashamed and humiliated. And the king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”
- 2 Samuel 10:6 - When the Ammonites saw that they had become an object of hatred to David, they sent word and hired the Arameans (Syrians) of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men [to fight for them].
- 2 Samuel 10:7 - When David heard about it, he sent Joab and the entire army, the strong and brave men.
- 2 Samuel 10:8 - The Ammonites came out and lined up for battle at the entrance of the [city] gate, but the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were [stationed] by themselves in the field.
- 2 Samuel 10:9 - Now when Joab saw that the battlefront was against him in front and in the rear, he selected some of all the choice men in Israel and set them in battle formation to meet the Arameans (Syrians).
- 2 Samuel 10:10 - But he placed the rest of the men in the hand of his brother Abishai, and he placed them in battle formation to meet the Ammonites.
- 2 Samuel 10:11 - Joab said [to Abishai], “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will come to help you.
- 2 Samuel 10:12 - Be courageous, and let us show ourselves courageous for the benefit of our people and the cities of our God. And may the Lord do what is good in His sight.”
- 2 Samuel 10:13 - So Joab and the people who were with him approached the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.
- 2 Samuel 10:14 - When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled before Abishai and entered the city. So Joab returned from battling against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 10:15 - When the Arameans saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered together.
- 2 Samuel 10:16 - Hadadezer sent word and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the River [Euphrates]; and they came to Helam; and Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer led them.
- 2 Samuel 10:17 - When David was informed, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. Then the Arameans assembled in battle formation to meet David and fought against him.
- 2 Samuel 10:18 - But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 horsemen, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.
- 2 Samuel 10:19 - When all the kings serving Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Arameans (Syrians) were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
- Jeremiah 50:11 - “Though you are glad, though you rejoice, O you who plunder My heritage, Though you are wanton and skip about like a heifer in the grass And neigh like stallions,
- Ezekiel 29:3 - Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, [Boastfully] declaring, ‘My Nile is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
- Psalms 89:10 - You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
- Psalms 22:12 - Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
- Psalms 22:13 - They open wide their mouths against me, Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
- Psalms 2:12 - Kiss (pay respect to) the Son, so that He does not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled and set aflame. How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] are all those who take refuge in Him!