How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
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Gill's Exposition
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them,.... He ordered some of his guards about him to fall on them, and put them to death; and they accordingly did:
and cut off their hands and their…
Adam Clarke
How much more - Here are several things which aggravated the guilt of those wicked men.
1. Ish-bosheth was an innocent man, and therefore none could have any ground of quarrel against him.
2. He was…
We have here justice done upon the murderers of Ish-bosheth.
I. Sentence passed upon them. There needed no evidence, their own tongues witnessed against them; they were so far from denying the fact…
Cambridge Bible
a righteous person "A man who had done no one any harm," as Josephus says. His merits seem to have been negative rather than positive.
require his blood Demand satisfaction for his murder. God is said…
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