2 Samuel 4:10

כִּי הַמַּגִּיד לִי לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה ־ מֵת שָׁאוּל וְהֽוּא ־ הָיָה כִמְבַשֵּׂר בְּעֵינָיו וָאֹחֲזָה בוֹ וָאֶהְרְגֵהוּ בְּצִֽקְלָג אֲשֶׁר לְתִתִּי ־ לוֹ בְּשֹׂרָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

9וַיַּעַן דָּוִד אֶת ־ רֵכָב ׀ וְאֶת ־ בַּעֲנָה אָחִיו בְּנֵי רִמּוֹן הַבְּאֵֽרֹתִי וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם חַי ־ יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר ־ פָּדָה אֶת ־ נַפְשִׁי מִכָּל ־ צָרָֽה ׃

11אַף כִּֽי ־ אֲנָשִׁים רְשָׁעִים הָרְגוּ אֶת ־ אִישׁ ־ צַדִּיק בְּבֵיתוֹ עַל ־ מִשְׁכָּבוֹ וְעַתָּה הֲלוֹא אֲבַקֵּשׁ אֶת ־ דָּמוֹ מִיֶּדְכֶם וּבִעַרְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מִן ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:15וַיִּקְרָא דָוִד לְאַחַד מֵֽהַנְּעָרִים וַיֹּאמֶר גַּשׁ פְּגַע ־ בּוֹ וַיַּכֵּהוּ וַיָּמֹֽת ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 4:10-12

Ish-bosheth's Murderers Punished. ( b. c. 1048.) 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, 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?… Read the whole commentary →

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