Verse 11

Then said{H559}{(H8799)} she, I pray thee, let the king{H4428} remember{H2142}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} to destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} any more{H7235}{(H8687)}, lest they destroy{H8045}{(H8686)} my son{H1121}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, As the LORD{H3068} liveth{H2416}, there shall not one hair{H8185} of thy son{H1121} fall{H5307}{(H8799)} to the earth{H776}.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people{H5971} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Saul{H7586}, Shall Jonathan{H3129} die{H4191}{(H8799)}, who hath wrought{H6213}{(H8804)} this great{H1419} salvation{H3444} in Israel{H3478}? God forbid{H2486}: as the LORD{H3068} liveth{H2416}, there shall not one hair{H8185} of his head{H7218} fall{H5307}{(H8799)} to the ground{H776}; for he hath wrought{H6213}{(H8804)} with God{H430} this day{H3117}. So the people{H5971} rescued{H6299}{(H8799)} Jonathan{H3129}, that he died{H4191}{(H8804)} not.
  • Num 35:19 : 19 The revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} himself shall slay{H4191}{(H8686)} the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}: when he meeteth{H6293}{(H8800)} him, he{H1931} shall slay{H4191}{(H8686)} him.
  • Matt 10:30 : 30 But{G1161} the very{G2532} hairs{G2359} of your{G5216} head{G2776} are{G1526}{(G5748)} all{G3956} numbered{G705}{(G5772)}.
  • Acts 27:34 : 34 Wherefore{G1352} I pray{G3870}{(G5719)} you{G5209} to take{G4355}{(G5629)} some meat{G5160}: for{G1063} this{G5124} is{G5225}{(G5719)} for{G4314} your{G5212} health{G4991}: for{G1063} there shall{G4098} not{G3762} an hair{G2359} fall{G4098}{(G5695)} from{G1537} the head{G2776} of any{G3762} of you{G5216}.
  • 1 Kgs 1:52 : 52 And Solomon{H8010} said{H559}{(H8799)}, If he will shew himself a worthy{H2428} man{H1121}, there shall not an hair{H8185} of him fall{H5307}{(H8799)} to the earth{H776}: but if wickedness{H7451} shall be found{H4672}{(H8735)} in him, he shall die{H4191}{(H8804)}.
  • Num 35:21 : 21 Or in enmity{H342} smite{H5221}{(H8689)} him with his hand{H3027}, that he die{H4191}{(H8799)}: he that smote{H5221}{(H8688)} him shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}; for he is a murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}: the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} shall slay{H4191}{(H8686)} the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}, when he meeteth{H6293}{(H8800)} him.
  • Deut 19:4-9 : 4 And this is the case{H1697} of the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)}, which shall flee{H5127}{(H8799)} thither, that he may live{H2425}{(H8804)}: Whoso killeth{H5221}{(H8686)} his neighbour{H7453} ignorantly{H1097}{H1847}, whom he hated{H8130}{(H8802)} not in time{H8543} past{H8032}; 5 As when a man goeth{H935}{(H8799)} into the wood{H3293} with his neighbour{H7453} to hew{H2404}{(H8800)} wood{H6086}, and his hand{H3027} fetcheth a stroke{H5080}{(H8738)} with the axe{H1631} to cut down{H3772}{(H8800)} the tree{H6086}, and the head{H1270} slippeth{H5394}{(H8804)} from the helve{H6086}, and lighteth{H4672}{(H8804)} upon his neighbour{H7453}, that he die{H4191}{(H8804)}; he shall flee{H5127}{(H8799)} unto one{H259} of those cities{H5892}, and live{H2425}{(H8804)}: 6 Lest the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of the blood{H1818}{(H8676)} pursue{H7291}{(H8799)} the slayer{H310}{H7523}{(H8802)}, while{H3588} his heart{H3824} is hot{H3179}{(H8799)}, and overtake{H5381}{(H8689)} him, because the way{H1870} is long{H7235}{(H8799)}, and slay{H5221}{(H8689)} him{H5315}; whereas he was not worthy{H4941} of death{H4194}, inasmuch as{H3588} he hated{H8130}{(H8802)} him not in time{H8543} past{H8032}. 7 Wherefore I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thou shalt separate{H914}{(H8686)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} for thee. 8 And if the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} enlarge{H7337}{(H8686)} thy coast{H1366}, as he hath sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} thee all the land{H776} which he promised{H1696}{(H8765)} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} unto thy fathers{H1}; 9 If thou shalt keep{H8104}{(H8799)} all these commandments{H4687} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} them, which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this day{H3117}, to love{H157}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} ever{H3117} in his ways{H1870}; then shalt thou add{H3254}{(H8804)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} more for thee, beside these three{H7969}: 10 That innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} be not shed{H8210}{(H8735)} in{H7130} thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee for an inheritance{H5159}, and so blood{H1818} be upon thee.
  • Josh 20:3-6 : 3 That the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} that killeth{H5221}{(H8688)} any person{H5315} unawares{H7684} and unwittingly{H1847} may flee{H5127}{(H8800)} thither: and they shall be your refuge{H4733} from the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818}. 4 And when he that doth flee{H5127}{(H8804)} unto one{H259} of those cities{H5892} shall stand{H5975}{(H8804)} at the entering{H6607} of the gate{H8179} of the city{H5892}, and shall declare{H1696}{(H8765)} his cause{H1697} in the ears{H241} of the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892}, they shall take{H622}{(H8804)} him into the city{H5892} unto them, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} him a place{H4725}, that he may dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} among them. 5 And if the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} pursue{H7291}{(H8799)} after{H310} him, then they shall not deliver{H5462}{(H8686)} the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} up into his hand{H3027}; because he smote{H5221}{(H8689)} his neighbour{H7453} unwittingly{H1097}{H1847}, and hated{H8130}{(H8802)} him not beforetime{H8543}{H8032}. 6 And he shall dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} in that city{H5892}, until he stand{H5975}{(H8800)} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} for judgment{H4941}, and until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548} that{H834} shall be in those days{H3117}: then shall the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} return{H7725}{(H8799)}, and come{H935}{(H8804)} unto his own city{H5892}, and unto his own house{H1004}, unto the city{H5892} from whence he fled{H5127}{(H8804)}.
  • 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 And Jonathan{H3083} said{H559}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)} in peace{H7965}, forasmuch as we have sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} both{H8147} of us in the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The LORD{H3068} be between me and thee, and between my seed{H2233} and thy seed{H2233} for{H5704} ever{H5769}. And he arose{H6965}{(H8799)} and departed{H3212}{(H8799)}: and Jonathan{H3083} went{H935}{(H8802)} into the city{H5892}.
  • 1 Sam 28:10 : 10 And Saul{H7586} sware{H7650}{(H8735)} to her by the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, As the LORD{H3068} liveth{H2416}, there shall{H518} no punishment{H5771} happen{H7136}{(H8799)} to thee for this thing{H1697}.
  • Num 35:27 : 27 And the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} find{H4672}{(H8804)} him without{H2351} the borders{H1366} of the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, and the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} kill{H7523}{(H8804)} the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)}; he shall not be guilty of blood{H1818}:
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram{H87} said{H559}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} of Sodom{H5467}, I have lift up{H7311}{(H8689)} mine hand{H3027} unto the LORD{H3068}, the most high{H5945} God{H410}, the possessor{H7069}{(H8802)} of heaven{H8064} and earth{H776},
  • Gen 24:2-3 : 2 And Abraham{H85} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his eldest{H2205} servant{H5650} of his house{H1004}, that ruled over{H4910}{(H8802)} all that he had, Put{H7760}{(H8798)}, I pray thee, thy hand{H3027} under my thigh{H3409}: 3 And I will make thee swear{H7650}{(H8686)} by the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of heaven{H8064}, and the God{H430} of the earth{H776}, that thou shalt not take{H3947}{(H8799)} a wife{H802} unto my son{H1121} of the daughters{H1323} of the Canaanites{H3669}, among{H7130} whom I dwell{H3427}{(H8802)}:
  • Gen 31:50 : 50 If thou shalt afflict{H6031}{(H8762)} my daughters{H1323}, or if thou shalt take{H3947}{(H8799)} other wives{H802} beside{H5921} my daughters{H1323}, no man{H376} is with us; see{H7200}{(H8798)}, God{H430} is witness{H5707} betwixt me and thee.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 And thou shalt swear{H7650}{(H8738)}, The LORD{H3068} liveth{H2416}, in truth{H571}, in judgment{H4941}, and in righteousness{H6666}; and the nations{H1471} shall bless{H1288}{(H8694)} themselves in him, and in him shall they glory{H1984}{(H8691)}.