2 Samuel 4:7 - The Scriptures 1998

Thus they came into the house when he was lying on his bed in his bedroom, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him. And they took his head, and went the way of the desert plain all night,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now when they had come into the house and he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they [not only] smote and slew him, [but] beheaded him and took his head and went by the way of the plain 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.

Common English Bible

They had entered the house while Ishbosheth was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed him and killed him, they cut off his head, took it, and traveled all night through the wilderness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For when they had entered the house, he was sleeping on his bed in a closed room. And striking him, they killed him. And taking his head, they departed by the way of the desert, walking throughout the night.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For when they came into the house, be was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour and they struck him and killed him. And taking away his head they went off by the way of the wilderness, walking all night.

2 Samuel 4:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 2:29

And Aḇ

Exodus 8:3

“And the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and shall come into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls,

Matthew 14:11

And his head was brought on a dish and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

1 Samuel 17:51

Then Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 17:54

And Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 31:9

And they cut off his head and stripped off his armour, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines, to announce it in the house of their idols and to the people.