2 Samuel 23:6-16 – But evil men are all to be cast aside like
thorns, which are not gathered with the hand. Whoever
touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;
they are burned up where they lie.” These are the names of
David’s mighty warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his
spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter. Next to him was
Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty warriors, he
was with David when they taunted the Philistines gathered at Pas Dammim for battle. Then the Israelites retreated, but Eleazar stood his
ground and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired and froze to
the sword. The Lord brought about a great victory that day.
The troops returned to Eleazar, but only to strip the dead. Next to him
was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a
place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them. But Shammah took his stand
in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and
the Lord brought about a great victory. During
harvest time, three of the thirty chief warriors came down to David at the cave
of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of
Rephaim. At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at
Bethlehem. David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me
a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!” So the three mighty
warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the
gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it;
instead, he poured it out before the Lord.
Psalm
2:9 – You will
break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”
Application:
- · Godless people who had no interest in the righteous king would be destroyed.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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