2 Samuel 4:7

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.
• 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.
• 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 Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest. 6They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away. 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. 8They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to kill you. This day the Lord has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.” 9David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,

2 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 took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent.
• 1 Samuel 31:9They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
• 2 Kings 10:6Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the royal princes, seventy of them, were with the leading men of the city, who were rearing them.
• Matthew 14:11His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.
• Mark 6:28and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 4:7

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. when they came into the house, he lay on his bed--Rechab and Baanah came in the heat of the day, when they knew that Ish-bosheth, their master, would be resting on his divan; and as it was necessary, for the reason just given, to have the corn the day before it was needed, their coming at that time, though it might be a little earlier than usual, created no suspicion, and attracted no notice [Harmer]. gat them away through the plain--that is, the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 4:7

• Assassination
• Homicide
• Ish-Bosheth
• Rechab
• Regicide

In the dictionaries

• Arabah
• Blood
• Ishbosheth
• Mahanaim
• Champaign
• Crime; Crimes
• Government
• Rechab; Rechabites
• Samuel, Books of
• Text of the Old Testament

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