2 Samuel 4:7 meaning and explanation
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.
2 Samuel 4:7, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator recounts the murder of Ish-bosheth, Saul's surviving son and rival king over Israel, by two of his own captains, Rechab and Baanah. Having entered his house under pretense of fetching wheat, they struck him while he napped and then beheaded him, carrying the head through the Arabah, the desert valley running south from the Jordan toward Hebron.
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