Verse 6
2 Samuel 4:6
Free Bible Version
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They had gone into the house while Ishbosheth was asleep on his bed in his bedroom. After stabbing and killing him, they cut off his head which they took with them, and they traveled all night by the Jordan Valley road.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ֠/הֵנָּה בָּ֜אוּ עַד תּ֤וֹךְ הַ/בַּ֨יִת֙ לֹקְחֵ֣י חִטִּ֔ים וַ/יַּכֻּ֖/הוּ אֶל הַ/חֹ֑מֶשׁ וְ/רֵכָ֛ב וּ/בַעֲנָ֥ה אָחִ֖י/ו נִמְלָֽטוּ
English Translation
And they came into the house taking wheat, and they struck him to the wall, and the brother of the rider escaped.
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