2 Samuel 4:12
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:
11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
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.
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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
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
Read in context2 Samuel 1:15
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
Read in contextPsalms 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Read in context2 Samuel 21:9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:22–23
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
Read in contextMatthew 7:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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