New King James Version
2 Samuel 4:7
7For 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.
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 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
5Then the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed at noon. 6And they came there, all the way into the house, as though to get wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 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. 8And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants.” 9But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from all 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 31:9And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines, to proclaim it in the temple of their idols and among the people.
- 2 Kings 10:6Then he wrote a second letter to them, saying: If you are for me and will obey my voice, take the heads of the men, your master’s sons, and come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow. Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them.
- Matthew 14:11And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
- Mark 6:28brought 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
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- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
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- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
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- 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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