Psalm 106:17
“The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 106Meaning
This is a remembered divine judgment from Israel's wilderness history, not a model for human punishment of dissenters.
Wilderness rebellion and intercession
The psalm remembers craving, envy, judgment, the golden calf, and Moses standing in the breach.
Read carefully
The verse gives no private, ecclesial, or political mandate for violence.
Reflection
Refuse to turn ancient judgment stories into permission to harm opponents.