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2 Samuel 4:7  New English Translation

7 They had entered[a] the house while Ish Bosheth[b] was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him[c] and then cut off his head.[d] Taking his head,[e] they traveled on the way of the rift valley[f] all that night.

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  1. 2 Samuel 4:7 tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.
  2. 2 Samuel 4:7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish Bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 2 Samuel 4:7 tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.
  4. 2 Samuel 4:7 tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.
  5. 2 Samuel 4:7 tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”
  6. 2 Samuel 4:7 sn The rift valley is a large geographic feature extending form Galilee to the gulf of Aqaba. The portion in view here runs along the west of the Dead Sea.
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