KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Samuel 4:7
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
ASV American Standard Version
Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night,
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 4
4 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son [that was] lame of [his] feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name [was] Mephibosheth.
5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth [rib]: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
7 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.
8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, [As] the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who [thought] that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
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וַיָּבֹ֣אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeהַבַּ֗יִתH1004 · betplaceוְהֽוּא־H1931 · huhe/she/itשֹׁכֵ֤בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downעַל־H5921 · aluponמִטָּתוֹ֙H4296 · mit.tahbedבַּחֲדַ֣רH2315 · che.derchamberמִשְׁכָּב֔וֹH4904 · mish.kavbedוַיַּכֻּ֙הוּ֙H5221 · na.khahto smiteוַיְמִתֻ֔הוּH4191 · mutto dieוַיָּסִ֖ירוּH5493 · surto turn aside: removeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רֹאשׁ֑וֹH7218 · roshheadוַיִּקְחוּ֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רֹאשׁ֔וֹH7218 · roshheadוַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentדֶּ֥רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductהָעֲרָבָ֖הH6160 · a.ra.vahArabahכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַלָּֽיְלָה׃H3915 · lay.lahnight
Cross-references
1 Samuel 17:54And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.Matthew 14:11And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought [it] to her mother.Mark 6:28-29And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.1 Samuel 31:9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish [it in] the house of their idols, and among the people.2 Samuel 2:29And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.2 Kings 10:6-7Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, [being] seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
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