Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.
I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I wi
For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finishe
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in
asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab s
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!