2 Samuel 4:11
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?
Context
This verse from 2 Samuel Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Two of Ish-bosheth's commanders assassinate him as he sleeps and bring his head to David, expecting a reward. David executes them for killing a righteous man in his bed, just as he executed the Amalekite who claimed to kill Saul; …
Other Translations
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
Also--when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?'
How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?
Cross References
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall …
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his …
Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast …
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore …
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, …