So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him and he dies, it is murder.

人若因怨恨把人推倒，或是埋伏往人身上扔物，以致于死，

人若因怨恨把人推倒，或埋伏等着丢东西砸人，以至于死，

人若因怨恨把人推倒，或埋伏等着丢东西砸人，以至于死，

倘若有人因怨恨把人推倒致死，或故意扔东西砸人致死，

如果人因怀恨把人推倒，或是埋伏着向人扔东西，以致把人打死；

人若因怨恨把人推倒，或是埋伏往人身上扔物，以致於死，

人若因怨恨把人推倒，或埋伏等着丟東西砸人，以至於死，

人若因怨恨把人推倒，或埋伏等着丟東西砸人，以至於死，

倘若有人因怨恨把人推倒致死，或故意扔東西砸人致死，

如果人因懷恨把人推倒，或是埋伏著向人扔東西，以致把人打死；

人若因怨恨人而把人推倒，或是懷着惡意往人身上扔東西，以致那人死去，

若蓄怨而仆人、或潛伏而以物擲人至死、

若蓄怨而刺人、或伏要而射人、

若恨人而推之下、或特意以物擲其身致死、

If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at them intentionally so that they die

What if a person makes evil plans against someone else? And what if that person pushes them so that they die? Or what if that person throws something at them so that they die?

And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,

Now if he pushed him in hatred, or he threw something at him with malicious intent, and as a result he died,

If he pushes him out of hatred or, while lying in wait, hurls something at him so that he dies,

And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

“ But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,

If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled something at him while lying in wait, so that he died,

However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.

“ But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.

When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gateway as if to speak with him privately. But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in revenge for killing his brother Asahel.

Amasa didn’t notice the dagger in his left hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground. Joab did not need to strike again, and Amasa soon died. Joab and his brother Abishai left him lying there and continued after Sheba.

One day Cain suggested to his brother,“ Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.

But don’t do it! There are more than forty men hiding along the way ready to ambush him. They have vowed not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent.”

Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.

I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me. I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.So let sudden ruin come upon them! Let them be caught in the trap they set for me! Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.

Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.

And though Absalom never spoke to Amnon about this, he hated Amnon deeply because of what he had done to his sister.

but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.

Absalom told his men,“ Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don’t be afraid. I’m the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”So at Absalom’s signal they murdered Amnon. Then the other sons of the king jumped on their mules and fled.

The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right.

But one day when Saul was sitting at home, with spear in hand, the tormenting spirit from the Lord suddenly came upon him again. As David played his harp,Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night.Then Saul sent troops to watch David’s house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him,“ If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.”So she helped him climb out through a window, and he fled and escaped.

I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey— whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth.My enemies have set a trap for me. I am weary from distress. They have dug a deep pit in my path, but they themselves have fallen into it. Interlude

“ Do as he said,” the king replied.“ Kill him there beside the altar and bury him. This will remove the guilt of Joab’s senseless murders from me and from my father’s family.The Lord will repay him for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father knew nothing about the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and of Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.May their blood be on Joab and his descendants forever, and may the Lord grant peace forever to David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne.”

The very next day a tormenting spirit from God overwhelmed Saul, and he began to rave in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did each day. But Saul had a spear in his hand,and he suddenly hurled it at David, intending to pin him to the wall. But David escaped him twice.

She went out and asked her mother,“ What should I ask for?” Her mother told her,“ Ask for the head of John the Baptist!”So the girl hurried back to the king and told him,“ I want the head of John the Baptist, right now, on a tray!”Then the king deeply regretted what he had said; but because of the vows he had made in front of his guests, he couldn’t refuse her.

Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,

where he stayed for three months. He was preparing to sail back to Syria when he discovered a plot by some Jews against his life, so he decided to return through Macedonia.

David now fled from Naioth in Ramah and found Jonathan.“ What have I done?” he exclaimed.“ What is my crime? How have I offended your father that he is so determined to kill me?”

“ And there is something else. You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me when he murdered my two army commanders, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He pretended that it was an act of war, but it was done in a time of peace, staining his belt and sandals with innocent blood.Do with him what you think best, but don’t let him grow old and go to his grave in peace.

Saul soon learned that David was at Keilah.“ Good!” he exclaimed.“ We’ve got him now! God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself in a walled town!”So Saul mobilized his entire army to march to Keilah and besiege David and his men.But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.

So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But without Herod’s approval she was powerless,

People may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they’re deceiving you.

A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don’t protect him!

But these people set an ambush for themselves; they are trying to get themselves killed.Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money; it robs them of life.

he told them,“ Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.