2 Samuel 4:7

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Now they had come into the house while he was lying on his couch in his bedchamber; they attacked him, killed him, and beheaded him. Then they took his head and traveled by way of the Arabah all night long.

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:29

Abner and his men traveled all that night through the Arabah; they crossed the Jordan, and, marching the whole forenoon, they came to Mahanaim.

Exodus 8:3

The river shall swarm with frogs; they shall come up into your palace, into your bedchamber and your bed, and into the houses of your officials and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls.

Matthew 14:11

The head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, who brought it to her mother.

1 Samuel 17:51

Then David ran and stood over the Philistine; he grasped his sword, drew it out of its sheath, and killed him; then he cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

1 Samuel 17:54

David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

1 Samuel 31:9

They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to the houses of their idols and to the people.