2nd Samuel Chapter 4 verse 7 Holy Bible
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bed-chamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went away through the plain all night.
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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.
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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,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Took his head.--There is no difficulty with the repetition in 2Samuel 4:7 of what has been already mentioned inverse 6, for it is common in the Scripture narratives to repeat statements when any additional fact (as here, the carrying off of the head) is to be mentioned. (See, e.g., 2Samuel 3:22-23, where Joab's arrival is twice mentioned, and 2Samuel 5:1-3, where the mention of the assembly at Hebron is repeated.)Through the plain.--As in 2Samuel 2:29, the Arabah, or valley of the Jordan, the natural way from Mahanaim to Hebron.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThey had enteredוַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gothe houseהַבַּ֗יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1004: A housewhile Ish-boshethוְהֽוּא־ (wə·hū-)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, arewas lyingשֹׁכֵ֤ב (šō·ḵêḇ)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 7901: To lie downonעַל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againsthis bed,מִטָּתוֹ֙ (miṭ·ṭā·ṯōw)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 4296: A bed, for, sleeping, eating, a sofa, litter, bierand having stabbedוַיַּכֻּ֙הוּ֙ (way·yak·ku·hū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singularStrong's 5221: To strikeand killed him,וַיְמִתֻ֔הוּ (way·mi·ṯu·hū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singularStrong's 4191: To die, to killthey beheadedוַיָּסִ֖ירוּ (way·yā·sî·rū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 5493: To turn asidehim,רֹאשׁ֑וֹ (rō·šōw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 7218: The headtookוַיִּקְחוּ֙ (way·yiq·ḥū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 3947: To takehis head,רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (rō·šōw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 7218: The headand traveledוַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkallכָּל־ (kāl-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everynightהַלָּֽיְלָה׃ (hal·lā·yə·lāh)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3915: A twist, night, adversityby wayדֶּ֥רֶךְ (de·reḵ)Noun - common singular constructStrong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of actionof the Arabah.הָעֲרָבָ֖ה (hā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 6160: Arabah -- a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running south from the Sea of GalileeJump to PreviousArabah Attack Bed Bedchamber Bed-Chamber Bedroom Beheaded Cut Cutting Death Gat Head House Inner Ish-Bosheth Killed Lay Night Part Plain Slew Smote Stabbed Stretched Struck Way