2 Samuel 12:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

I will raise

2 Samuel 13:1

2 Samuel 15:6

I will take

Hosea 4:13

General references

Bible References

I will raise

Now it was after this that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon the son of David loved her.

In this manner Absalom dealt with all Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole away the hearts of the men of Israel.

I will take

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”

You shall betroth a wife, but another man will violate her; you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit.

“But if the prophet is prevailed upon to speak a word, it is I, the Lord, who have prevailed upon that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live;

They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains
And

burn incense on the hills,

Under oak, poplar and terebinth,

Because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters play the harlot
And your brides commit adultery.

General references

‘Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.

If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem