2 Samuel 4:7
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4:7They had entered8 the house while Ish-bosheth9 was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him10 and then cut off his head.11 Taking his head,12 they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.
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- 8 After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.
- 9 Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 10 Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.
- 11 Heb “and they removed his head.” The and lack these words.
- 12 The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom and stabbed and killed him. They removed his head, took it, and traveled by way of the Arabah all night.
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NLTNew Living Translation
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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
When they had come into the house, he was lying on his couch in his bedchamber, and they attacked him and killed him. Then they beheaded him, and they took his head and went on the way of the Arabah all night.
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KJV 1900King 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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