Verse 10
2 Samuel 4:10
Free Bible Version
10
Even more so then, when evil men kill a good man in his own house, and in his own bed, shouldn't I demand you pay for his life with your own lives, and exterminate you!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י הַ/מַּגִּיד֩ לִ֨/י לֵ/אמֹ֜ר הִנֵּה מֵ֣ת שָׁא֗וּל וְ/הֽוּא הָיָ֤ה כִ/מְבַשֵּׂר֙ בְּ/עֵינָ֔י/ו וָ/אֹחֲזָ֣/ה ב֔/וֹ וָ/אֶהְרְגֵ֖/הוּ בְּ/צִֽקְלָ֑ג אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְ/תִתִּ/י ל֖/וֹ בְּשֹׂרָֽה
English Translation
For the one who told me to say, "Look, Saul is dead," and he was like a messenger in my eyes, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which I appointed for him as a reward.
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