2 Samuel 4:7 — Bible Verse (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.”
2 Samuel 4:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 4:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 4:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Now when they came into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.”
2 Samuel 4:7 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 4:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
2 Samuel 4:7 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 4:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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,”
2 Samuel 4:7 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 4:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“They came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him; and they took his head, and went by the way of the plain all night. ”
2 Samuel 4:7 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 4:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For when they came into the house, he slept on his bed in his bed chamber, and they smote him, and slewe him, and beheaded him, and tooke his head, and gate them away through the plaine all the night.”
2 Samuel 4:7 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 4:7 in Context — 2 Samuel 4
5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, 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 Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bosheth 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,
What Does 2 Samuel 4:7 Mean?
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