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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 4:10

從前有人向我報信說:‘看哪!掃羅死了。’他自以為是報好消息,我卻抓住他,把他殺在洗革拉,這就是我給他作報好消息的酬報。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assassination;   Government;   Ish-Bosheth;   Rechab;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Baanah and Rechab;   Justice;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ziklag;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Gospel;   Rechab;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baanah;   Gospel;   Rechab, Rechabites;   Ziklag;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gospel;   Gospel (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baanah ;   Ishbosheth ;   Rechab ;   Ziklag ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ziklag;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zik'lag;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crime;   Good;   Rechab;   Samuel, Books of;   Ziklag;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
从 前 有 人 报 告 我 说 , 扫 罗 死 了 , 他 自 以 为 报 好 消 息 ; 我 就 拿 住 他 , 将 他 杀 在 洗 革 拉 , 这 就 作 了 他 报 消 息 的 赏 赐 。

Contextual Overview

9 David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon of Beeroth, "As surely as the Lord lives, he has saved me from all trouble! 10 Once a man thought he was bringing me good news. When he told me, ‘Saul is dead!' I seized him and killed him at Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news! 11 So even more I must put you evil men to death because you have killed an innocent man on his own bed in his own house!" 12 So David commanded his men to kill Recab and Baanah. They cut off the hands and feet of Recab and Baanah and hung them over the pool of Hebron. Then they took Ish-Bosheth's head and buried it in Abner's tomb at Hebron.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

one: 2 Samuel 1:2-16

thinking: etc. Heb. he was in his own eyes, as a bringer, etc. who thought, etc. or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:15 - Go near 2 Samuel 18:13 - wrought 1 Chronicles 12:1 - these are Job 31:29 - General Psalms 101:7 - He that worketh 1 Corinthians 13:6 - Rejoiceth not 1 Timothy 6:10 - the love

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"
Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Genesis 9:5
I will demand blood for life. I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will demand the life of anyone who takes another person's life.
Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, "I have heard many complaints against the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. They are very evil.
Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, "I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptian slave masters hurt them. I am concerned about their pain,
Numbers 35:33
"‘Don't let murder spoil your land. The only way to remove the sin of killing an innocent person is for the murderer to be put to death.
Joshua 7:19
Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, tell the truth. Confess to the Lord , the God of Israel. Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything from me."
2 Kings 9:26
‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons, says the Lord , so I will punish Ahab in his field, says the Lord .' Take Joram's body and throw it into the field, as the Lord has said."
Job 16:18
"Earth, please do not cover up my blood. Don't let my cry ever stop being heard!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When one told me, saying, behold, Saul is dead,.... No more is related, not that he killed him, or assisted in killing him, only that he was dead; by which it appears, as Abarbinel thinks, that the Amalekite did not slay Saul, and that David did not put him to death on that account, but for what follows:

thinking to have brought good tidings; which would have been very acceptable to David, that he would have rejoiced and exulted at it as he did; but he was mistaken; instead of that,

I took hold of him, and slew him at Ziklag; that is, ordered one of his young men to lay hold on him, and slay him, as he did, 2 Samuel 1:15;

who [thought] that I would have given him a reward for his tidings; a handsome present, as the Targum here, a gift, or raised him to some post of honour and profit.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 4:10. A reward for his tidings — Ὡ εδει με δουναι ευαγγελια, Septuagint. Here is a proof that ευαγγελιον, evangelium or gospel, signifies the reward which the bringer of good tidings is entitled to receive. See my preface to St. Matthew's Gospel. Matthew 1:1.


 
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