Verse 7
2 Samuel 4:7
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֣אוּ הַ/בַּ֗יִת וְ/הֽוּא שֹׁכֵ֤ב עַל מִטָּת/וֹ֙ בַּ/חֲדַ֣ר מִשְׁכָּב֔/וֹ וַ/יַּכֻּ֨/הוּ֙ וַ/יְמִתֻ֔/הוּ וַ/יָּסִ֖ירוּ אֶת רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ וַ/יִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ וַ/יֵּֽלְכ֛וּ דֶּ֥רֶךְ הָ/עֲרָבָ֖ה כָּל הַ/לָּֽיְלָה
English Translation
And they came into the house, and he was lying on his bed in his bedroom, and they struck him and he died, and they removed his head, and they took his head and went the way of the wilderness all that night.
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