2 Samuel 4:12

וַיְצַו דָּוִד אֶת ־ הַנְּעָרִים וַיַּהַרְגוּם וַֽיְקַצְּצוּ אֶת ־ יְדֵיהֶם וְאֶת ־ רַגְלֵיהֶם וַיִּתְלוּ עַל ־ הַבְּרֵכָה בְּחֶבְרוֹן וְאֵת רֹאשׁ אִֽישׁ ־ בֹּשֶׁת לָקָחוּ וַיִּקְבְּרוּ בְקֶֽבֶר ־ אַבְנֵר בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

In Context

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

Deuteronomy 21:22וְכִֽי ־ יִהְיֶה בְאִישׁ חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט ־ מָוֶת וְהוּמָת וְתָלִיתָ אֹתוֹ עַל ־ עֵֽץ ׃

2 Samuel 3:32וַיִּקְבְּרוּ אֶת ־ אַבְנֵר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִשָּׂא הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת ־ קוֹלוֹ וַיֵּבְךְּ אֶל ־ קֶבֶר אַבְנֵר וַיִּבְכּוּ כָּל ־ הָעָֽם ׃ פ

Psalms 55:23הַשְׁלֵךְ עַל ־ יְהוָה ׀ יְהָבְךָ וְהוּא יְכַלְכְּלֶךָ לֹא ־ יִתֵּן לְעוֹלָם מוֹט לַצַּדִּֽיק ׃ וְאַתָּה אֱלֹהִים ׀ תּוֹרִדֵם ׀ לִבְאֵר שַׁחַת אַנְשֵׁי דָמִים וּמִרְמָה לֹא ־ יֶחֱצוּ יְמֵיהֶם וַאֲנִי אֶבְטַח ־ בָּֽךְ ׃

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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