They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
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The same threadProverbs 6:17
Proverbs lists hands that shed innocent blood among the things Yahweh hates, the same charge the psalm brings against Israel.
“haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,”
In parallel withMatthew 2:16
Herod kills the male children of Bethlehem, and the New Testament records it as murder rather than as a king's prerogative.
“Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.”