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2 Samuel 4:12

So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְצַו֩vay.Tzavand he commandedH6680 →
דָּוִ֨דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַנְּעָרִ֜יםha.ne.'a.Rimthe young menH5288 →
וַיַּהַרְג֗וּםvai.ya.har.Gumand they killed themH2026 →
וַֽיְקַצְּצ֤וּvay.ka.tze.Tzuand they cut offH7112 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְדֵיהֶם֙ye.dei.Hemhands theirH3027 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
רַגְלֵיהֶ֔םrag.lei.Hemfeet theirH7272 →
וַיִּתְל֥וּvai.yit.Luand they hanged [them]H8518 →
עַל־'al-atH5921 →
הַבְּרֵכָ֖הha.be.re.Khahthe poolH1295 →
בְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbe.chev.Ronin HebronH2275 →
וְאֵ֨תve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
רֹ֤אשׁrosh[the] head ofH7218 →
אִֽישׁ־'ish-Ish-H378 →
בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙bo.shetboshethH378 →
לָקָ֔חוּla.Ka.chuthey tookH3947 →
וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּvai.yik.be.Ruand they buried [it]H6912 →
בְקֶֽבֶר־ve.ke.ver-in [the] tomb ofH6913 →
אַבְנֵ֖ר'av.NerAbnerH74 →
בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ פbe.chev.Ronat HebronH2275 →

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2 Samuel 3:32When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.2 Samuel 1:15Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.2 Samuel 21:9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.Deuteronomy 21:22–23If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,1 Chronicles 8:33Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.1 Kings 2:25So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.Deuteronomy 21:22If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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