2 Samuel 4:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

After entering the house while Ishbosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, and cut off his head. Taking his head with them, they traveled along the road through the Arabah all night.

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedchamber, and they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went away through the plain all night.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now when they came{H935} into the house,{H1004} as he lay{H7901} on his bed{H4296} in his bedchamber,{H2315} they smote{H5221} him, and slew{H4191} him, and beheaded{H5493} him, and took{H3947} his head,{H7218} and went{H3212} by the way{H1870} of the Arabah{H6160} all night.{H3915}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For when they came{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004}, he lay{H7901}{(H8802)} on his bed{H4296} in his bedchamber{H2315}{H4904}, and they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him, and slew{H4191}{(H8686)} him, and beheaded{H5493}{(H8686)} him, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} his head{H7218}, and gat them away{H3212}{(H8799)} through{H1870} the plain{H6160} all night{H3915}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For wha they came into ye house, he laye vpo his bed in his chamber, & they stickte him to death, & smote of his heade, and toke his heade, and departed by the waye of the playne felde all that nighte,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For when they came into the house, he slept on his bed in his bed chamber, & they smote him, and slewe him, and beheaded him, and tooke his head, and gate them away through the plaine all the night.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For when they came into the house, he slept on his bed in his bed chamber, and they smote him and slue him, & beheaded him, and toke his head, & gat them away through the plaine all the night.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him and then cut off his head. Taking his head, they traveled on the way of the rift valley all that night.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 17:54 : 54 David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he kept the Philistine's weapons in his tent.
  • 1 Sam 31:9 : 9 They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among the people.
  • 2 Sam 2:29 : 29 Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, traveled through the Bithron, and arrived at Mahanaim.
  • 2 Kgs 10:6-7 : 6 Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying, "If you are on my side and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow." Now the king’s sons, seventy in all, were being raised by the prominent men of the city. 7 When the letter reached them, they took the king’s sons, slaughtered all seventy of them, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
  • Matt 14:11 : 11 His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
  • Mark 6:28-29 : 28 brought back his head on a platter, and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother. 29 When John's disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 4:5-6
    2 verses
    89%

    5 The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, traveled during the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed during his midday rest.

    6 They entered the house under the pretense of fetching wheat and struck him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.

  • 2 Sam 4:8-12
    5 verses
    84%

    8 They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge against Saul and his descendants."

    9 David answered Rechab and Baanah, his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every trouble...

    10 When someone told me, 'Saul is dead,' thinking he was bringing me good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news.

    11 How much more, then, when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed! Should I not now demand his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?

    12 So David commanded his young men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner's tomb in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 4:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 When Saul's son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed, and all of Israel was shaken.

    2 Now Saul's son had two leaders of his raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin, for Beeroth was also considered part of Benjamin.

  • 1 Sam 26:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 So David and Abishai came to the troops by night, and there was Saul lying asleep in the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the troops were lying all around him.

    8 Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won't need to strike him twice."

  • 1 Kgs 2:34
    73%

    34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his house in the wilderness.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    72%

    8 Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim.

  • 2 Sam 1:10
    72%

    10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew he could not survive after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.

  • 1 Sam 19:15
    71%

    15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, 'Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him.'

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    71%

    15 Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

  • 1 Sam 31:9
    71%

    9 They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among the people.

  • 2 Sam 2:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31 But David’s men had struck down three hundred and sixty men from Benjamin and Abner’s followers, who died in battle.

    32 They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

  • 2 Sam 2:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 So they stood up and were counted—twelve from Benjamin and from the followers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

    16 Each man seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they fell together. So the place was called the Field of Flints, which is in Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 3:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26 Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David knew nothing about it.

    27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside inside the gate, as if to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly, killing him in revenge for the blood of his brother Asahel.

  • 2 Sam 2:29
    70%

    29 Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, traveled through the Bithron, and arrived at Mahanaim.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    70%

    57 As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
    70%

    30 (Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31 The king said to him, 'Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and my father's house the guilt of the blood that Joab shed without cause.

    32 The LORD will bring back his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than himself—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army—killing them with the sword without my father David knowing it.

  • 2 Sam 21:12
    70%

    12 he went and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

  • 2 Kgs 10:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 When the letter reached them, they took the king’s sons, slaughtered all seventy of them, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

    8 When the messenger arrived and told him, "They have brought the heads of the king’s sons," Jehu said, "Place them in two piles at the entrance of the gate until morning."

  • 2 Kgs 11:16
    69%

    16 So they seized her, and she was taken by the way of the horse's entrance to the palace, and there she was put to death.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    69%

    12 Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 20:10
    69%

    10 Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach. His intestines spilled to the ground, and he died without Joab striking him again. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 1 Sam 24:4
    69%

    4 He came to the sheepfolds along the way, and there was a cave. Saul went in to relieve himself, while David and his men were sitting in the innermost part of the cave.

  • 2 Sam 2:24
    69%

    24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. As the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah, on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

  • 1 Sam 31:12
    69%

    12 all their valiant men rose up, traveled through the night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. They brought them to Jabesh and burned them there.

  • 2 Sam 2:4
    69%

    4 Then the men of Judah came and anointed David there as king over the house of Judah. They also informed David, 'It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.'

  • 2 Sam 1:4
    69%

    4 David said to him, 'What happened? Tell me.' He answered, 'The people fled from the battle, and many fell and died. Saul and Jonathan, his son, are also dead.'

  • Judg 19:29
    69%

    29 When he reached his house, he took a knife and cut up his concubine limb by limb into twelve pieces and sent them throughout the territory of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    69%

    7 There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.

  • 1 Chr 10:9
    68%

    9 They stripped him, took his head and armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news to their idols and their people.

  • 1 Sam 26:12
    68%

    12 So David took the spear and the jar of water from near Saul's head, and they departed. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
    68%

    15 Ten of Joab’s young armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

  • 1 Chr 20:7
    68%

    7 This man taunted Israel, but Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him down.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
    68%

    15 So they seized her, and she came to the entrance of the Horse Gate by the king's palace, and there they put her to death.

  • 2 Sam 20:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21 That is not the case. A man named Sheba, son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has raised his hand against King David. Hand him over, and I will withdraw from the city." The woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown to you from the wall."

    22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the horn, and the troops dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 16:9
    68%

    9 Then Abishai, son of Zeruiah, said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!"

  • 1 Sam 26:5
    68%

    5 Then David got up and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were lying down. Saul was lying inside the camp with the troops encamped around him.

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