“ Gilead is a city of sinners, tracked with footprints of blood.

基列是作孽之人的城，被血沾染。

基列是作恶之人的城，被血沾染。

基列是作恶之人的城，被血沾染。

基列是罪恶之城，到处血迹斑斑。

基列是作孽之人的城，他们的脚踪染满了血渍。

基列是作孽之人的城，被血沾染。

基列是作惡之人的城，被血沾染。

基列是作惡之人的城，被血沾染。

基列是罪惡之城，到處血跡斑斑。

基列是作孽之人的城，他們的腳蹤染滿了血漬。

基列是作孽之人的都市，有摔倒人的腳跟滿印着血跡。

基列乃行惡者之邑、為血沾染、

在基列遍境、惡事是作、殺戮是為、

基列之邑、作惡者所居、徧有殺人流血之跡、

Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.

Ramoth Gilead is a city where sinful people live. It is stained with footprints of blood.

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints.

Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.

Gilead is a city of evildoers And defiled with blood.

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints.

Gilead[ is] a city of them that work iniquity,[ and is] polluted with blood.

Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints!

Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

But the people of Gilead are worthless because of their idol worship. And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls; their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone along the edges of a plowed field.

“ 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.

“ Hear this, you priests. Pay attention, you leaders of Israel. Listen, you members of the royal family. Judgment has been handed down against you. For you have led the people into a snare by worshiping the idols at Mizpah and Tabor.

and asked,“ How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

From the tribe of Gad they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead( a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Mahanaim,

They asked Festus as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem( planning to ambush and kill him on the way).

Rescue me from these criminals; save me from these murderers.

You make vows and break them; you kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere— one murder after another.

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.There were more than forty of them in the conspiracy.They went to the leading priests and elders and told them,“ We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.So you and the high council should ask the commander to bring Paul back to the council again. Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way.”

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.

I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me!“ Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said.“ Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”

The godly people have all disappeared; not one honest person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, setting traps even for their own brothers.

Their webs can’t be made into clothing, and nothing they do is productive. All their activity is filled with sin, and violence is their trademark.

They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.

As they arrived at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa met them. Joab was wearing his military tunic with a dagger strapped to his belt. As he stepped forward to greet Amasa, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.