2 Samuel 4:12

Translations

Modern

So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

Traditional

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish–bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

Literal

And David commanded the young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them by the pool in Hebron. And the head of Ish-bosheth they took and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

Latin

Præcepit itaque David pueris suis, et interfecerunt eos: præcidentesque manus et pedes eorum, suspenderunt eos super piscinam in Hebron: caput autem Isboseth tulerunt, et sepelierunt in sepulchro Abner in Hebron.

Original

Hebrew

English

So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

Notes

2 Samuel 4:12

They cut off their hands and feet: David displayed the bodies of Ish-bosheth’s killers to shame them by denying them a proper burial (compare 1 Samuel 31:8–13). This public act also showed that David was not responsible for Ish-bosheth’s death.

Theme notes and profiles

Abner David

Events

Reign of David

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2 Samuel 3:32
When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
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Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
2 Samuel 21:9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Matthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Deuteronomy 21:22–23
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

People

Abner: Saul's cousin and commander of his army David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Ish-bosheth: Son of Saul, king over Israel

Places

Hebron: An important city in Judah; burial place of patriarchs

Glossary

Baanah Criminal Law and Punishment David Impalement Ishbosheth Mephibosheth Rechab Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Assassination: David's Abhorrence of Government: Monarchical by David Hanging: Capital Punishment By Hebron: A City of the Tribe of Judah, South of Jerusalem: Pool of Hebron: A City of the Tribe of Judah, South of Jerusalem: The Burial Place of Ish-Bosheth Hebron: A City of the Tribe of Judah, South of Jerusalem: The Conspirators Against Ish-Bosheth Hanged At Homicide: The Punishment of Murderers: The Murderer of Ish-Bosheth Ish-Bosheth: Avenged by David Kings: Often Exercised Power Arbitrarily Pools and Ponds: Hebron Punishments: Secondary Kinds of Cutting off Hands and Feet Rechab: Son of Rimmon: Murders Ish-Bosheth, Son of Saul; Put to Death by David Religious Zeal in Punishing Evil People: David The Feet of Enemies often Maimed and Cut off The Hands: Criminals often: Deprived of

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