English Standard Version
2 Samuel 4:7
7When 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,
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They went into the house and found Ishbosheth sleeping on his bed. They struck and killed him and cut off his head. Then, taking his head with them, they fled across the Jordan Valley through the night.
Context of 2 Samuel 4:7
5Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out, and about the heat of the day they came to the house of Ish-bosheth as he was taking his noonday rest. 6And they came into the midst of the house as if to get wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 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, 8and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, "Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. The Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring." 9But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity,
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 17:54And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
- 1 Samuel 31:9So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people.
- 2 Kings 10:6Then he wrote to them a second letter, saying, "If you are on my side, and if you are ready to obey me, take the heads of your master's sons and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time." Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were bringing them up.
- Matthew 14:11and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
- Mark 6:28and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
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- 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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