2 Samuel 4:7

Translations

Modern

They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

Traditional

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

Literal

And they came into the house, and he was lying on his bed in his bedroom, and they struck him and killed him and beheaded him, and they took his head and were escaping by way of the plain all the night.

Latin

Cum autem ingressi fuissent domum, ille dormiebat super lectum suum in conclavi, et percutientes interfecerunt eum: sublatoque capite ejus, abierunt per viam deserti tota nocte,

Original

Hebrew

English

They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Abner David

Events

Reign of Davidc. 1055 BC

Related verses

1 Samuel 17:54
David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
2 Kings 10:6–7
Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
Mark 6:28–29
The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.
Matthew 14:11
John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.
2 Samuel 2:29
And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.
1 Samuel 31:9
They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.

Places

Arabah: A desert region in the Jordan Valley and southward

Glossary

Arabah Baanah Beeroth Beerothite David Eshbaal Furniture Ishbosheth Mahanaim Mephibosheth Rechab Rimmon (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Assassination: Ish-Bosheth, by the Sons of Rimmon Homicide: Felonious: Rechab and Baanah Ish-Bosheth: Assassinated Murder: Rechab Rechab: Son of Rimmon: Murders Ish-Bosheth, Son of Saul; Put to Death by David Regicide of Ish-Bosheth

2 Samuel 4:7

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