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2 Samuel 4:7
7When they had gone into the house, Ish-Bosheth had been lying on his bed in his bedroom. After they had killed him, they cut off his head. They took it with them and they travelled all night through the Jordan Valley.
2 Samuel 4:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and put him to death and beheaded him. They took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedroom; then they struck him and killed him, beheaded him and took his head, and were all night escaping through the plain.
Context of 2 Samuel 4:7
5Rimmon's sons, Recab and Baanah, left their home and they went to Ish-Bosheth's house. They arrived in the middle of the day when it was very hot. Ish-Bosheth was resting on his bed. 6They went into the house as if they wanted to get some wheat. But they pushed knives into Ish-Bosheth's stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped. When they had gone into the house, Ish-Bosheth had been lying on his bed in his bedroom. After they had killed him, they cut off his head. They took it with them and they travelled all night through the Jordan Valley. 8They brought Ish-Bosheth's head to David in Hebron. They said to the king, ‘Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth, Saul's son! Saul was your enemy who wanted to kill you. So today the Lord has punished him and his descendants. They have paid for the bad things that they did to you, our lord, the king.’ 9David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth. He said to them, ‘The Lord has rescued me from all my troubles. So I tell you this, as surely as the Lord lives:
Read all of 2 Samuel 42 Samuel 4:7 word by word
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ הַבַּ֗יִת וְהֽוּא־שֹׁכֵ֤ב עַל־מִטָּתוֹ֙ בַּחֲדַ֣ר מִשְׁכָּב֔וֹ וַיַּכֻּ֙הוּ֙ וַיְמִתֻ֔הוּ וַיָּסִ֖ירוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ דֶּ֥רֶךְ הָעֲרָבָ֖ה כָּל־הַלָּֽיְלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For when they cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- into the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- he layשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
- on his bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296
- in his bedchamberמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904
- in his bedchamberחֶ֫דֶרcheder · chamberH2315
- and they smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- him, and slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
- him, and beheadedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
- him, and tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- his headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- and gat them awayיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- throughדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
- the plainעֲרָבָה‛ărâbâh · ArabahH6160
- all nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 4:7
- 1 Samuel 17:54David picked up Goliath's head to take it to Jerusalem. But he put Goliath's weapons in his own tent.
- 1 Samuel 31:9They cut off Saul's head and they removed his armour. Then they sent men through all the country of the Philistines with the news of Saul's death. These men told the news everywhere that the Philistine people lived and in the temples of their idols.
- 2 Kings 10:6So Jehu wrote a second letter to them. It said, ‘If you are ready to help me and you will obey me, do this: Bring the heads of your master's sons here to me in Jezreel. Bring them by this time tomorrow.’ At that time, important leaders of the city were taking care of the king's 70 sons.
- Matthew 14:11The soldier did this. Then he brought the head on a plate and he gave it to the girl. The girl took it and gave it to her mother.
- Mark 6:28Then he brought it back on a plate. He gave it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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