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2 Samuel 4:7

They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935
הַבַּ֗יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
וְהֽוּא־ve.hu'-and heH1931
שֹׁכֵ֤בsho.Khev[was] lyingH7901
עַל־'al-onH5921
מִטָּתוֹ֙mi.ta.Tobed hisH4296
בַּחֲדַ֣רba.cha.Darin [the] chamber ofH2315
מִשְׁכָּב֔וֹmish.ka.Volying down hisH4904
וַיַּכֻּ֙הוּ֙vai.ya.Ku.huand they struck himH5221
וַיְמִתֻ֔הוּvay.mi.Tu.huand they killed himH4191
וַיָּסִ֖ירוּvai.ya.Si.ruand they removedH5493
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
רֹאשׁ֑וֹro.Shohead hisH7218
וַיִּקְחוּ֙vai.yik.Chuand they tookH3947
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
רֹאשׁ֔וֹro.Shohead hisH7218
וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980
דֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekh[the] way ofH1870
הָעֲרָבָ֖הha.'a.ra.Vahthe ArabahH6160
כָּל־kol-allH3605
הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ha.La.ye.lahthe nightH3915

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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