"Please," she replied, "may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!" "As surely as the LORD lives," he vowed, "not a hair of your son's head will fall to the ground." Cross References Matthew 10:30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Numbers 35:19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him. Numbers 35:21 or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him. Deuteronomy 19:4 Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him: 1 Samuel 14:45 But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die--he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God's help he has accomplished this today." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die. 2 Samuel 14:10 "If anyone speaks to you," said the king, "bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!" 2 Samuel 14:12 Then the woman said, "Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?" "Speak," he replied. 2 Samuel 14:21 Then the king said to Joab, "I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom." 1 Kings 1:52 And Solomon replied, "If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die." Treasury of Scripture Then said she, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth. let the king Genesis 14:22 Genesis 24:2,3 Genesis 31:50 thou, etc. Numbers 35:19,27 Deuteronomy 19:4-10 Joshua 20:3-6 As the Lord 1 Samuel 14:45 1 Samuel 28:10 Jeremiah 4:2 not one hair 1 Kings 1:52 Matthew 10:30 Acts 27:34 |