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2 Samuel 4:12

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 Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

KJV

Præcepit itaque David pueris suis, et interfecerunt eos : præcidentesque manus et pedes eorum, suspenderunt eos super piscinam in Hebron : caput autem Isboseth tulerunt, et sepelierunt in sepulchro Abner in Hebron.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐνετείλατο Δαυεὶδ τοῖς παιδαρίοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀποκτέννουσιν αὐτούς· καὶ κολοβοῦσιν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκρέμασαν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς κρήνης ἐν Χεβρών, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Μεμφιβόσθε ἔθαψαν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ Ἀβεννὴρ υἱοῦ Νήρ.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יְצַו֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶת הַ/נְּעָרִ֜ים וַ/יַּהַרְג֗וּ/ם וַֽ/יְקַצְּצ֤וּ אֶת יְדֵי/הֶם֙ וְ/אֶת רַגְלֵי/הֶ֔ם וַ/יִּתְל֥וּ עַל הַ/בְּרֵכָ֖ה בְּ/חֶבְר֑וֹן וְ/אֵ֨ת רֹ֤אשׁ אִֽישׁ בֹּ֨שֶׁת֙ לָקָ֔חוּ וַ/יִּקְבְּר֥וּ בְ/קֶֽבֶר אַבְנֵ֖ר בְּ/חֶבְרֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Ish-boshethDavidAbner

In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִֽישׁ
'ysh
noun · 22×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְנֵ֣ר
'bnr
proper_noun · 63×
בְּרֵכָ֣ה
brkh
noun · 17×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
הוּ
hv
verb · 131×
ו
v
noun · 247×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חֶבְר֖וֹן
chbrvn
proper_noun · 70×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ם
m
verb · 167×
ם
m
verb · 29×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
קִצֵּ֣ץ
qtsts
verb · 14×
קָ֑בֶר
qbr
noun · 67×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 1:15 — And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
  • 2Sam 3:32 — And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.