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2 Samuel 4:12

AbnerDavidIsh-boshethHebron
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10 when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

11 How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”

So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
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BSB
So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
KJV
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
WEB
David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.
ASV
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
DARBY
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged [them] up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
BLB
And David commanded the young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged [them] by the pool in Hebron. And the head of Ish-bosheth they took and buried [it] in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.
ÅB
Så befalte David sine folk, og de slo dem ihjel og hugg hendene og føttene av dem og hengte dem opp ved dammen i Hebron; men Isbosets hode tok de og begravde i Abners grav i Hebron.
[^1]: 2SA 9, 3. kalles også Meribba'al, 1KR 8, 34.
OTB
Så på Davids ordre henrettet de unge mennene dem og hogde av deres hender og føtter, og stilte dem ut ved bassenget i Hebron. Men de tok hodet til Ishbosjet og la det til hvile i graven til Abner i Hebron.
B1930
Så bød David sine folk, og de slo dem ihjel og hugg hendene og føttene av dem og hengte dem op ved dammen i Hebron; men Isbosets hode tok de og begravde i Abners grav i Hebron.

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  • 2 Samuel 3:32

    When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:15

    Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

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  • Psalms 55:23

    But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:9

    And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:22–23

    If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

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  • Matthew 7:2

    For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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