2 Samuel 4:12
ContextNET © | So David issued orders to the soldiers and they put them to death. Then they cut off their hands and feet and hung them 1 near the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth 2 and buried it in the tomb of Abner 3 in Hebron. 4 |
NIV © | So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron. |
NASB © | Then David commanded the young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hung them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron. |
NLT © | So David ordered his young men to kill them, and they did. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies beside the pool in Hebron. Then they took Ishbosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron. |
MSG © | David then issued orders to his soldiers. They killed the two--chopped off their hands and feet, and hung the corpses at the pool in Hebron. But Ish-Bosheth's head they took and buried in Abner's tomb in Hebron. |
BBE © | And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner’s body in Hebron. |
NRSV © | So David commanded the young men, and they killed them; they cut off their hands and feet, and hung their bodies beside the pool at Hebron. But the head of Ishbaal they took and buried in the tomb of Abner at Hebron. |
NKJV © | So David commanded his young men, and they executed them, cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron. |
KJV | |
NASB © | Then David <01732> commanded <06680> the young <05288> men <05288> , and they killed <02026> them and cut <07112> off <07112> their hands <03027> and feet <07272> and hung <08518> them up beside <05921> the pool <01295> in Hebron <02275> . But they took <03947> the head <07218> of Ish-bosheth <0378> and buried <06912> it in the grave <06913> of Abner <074> in Hebron .<02275> |
HEBREW | |
LXXM | nhr {N-PRI} |
NET © [draft] ITL | So David <01732> issued orders <06680> to the <0853> soldiers <05288> and they put them <02026> to death <02026> . Then they cut <07112> off their hands <03027> and feet <07272> and hung <08518> them <05921> near the pool <01295> in Hebron <02275> . But they took <03947> the <0853> head <07218> of Ish-bosheth <0378> and buried <06912> it in the tomb <06913> of Abner <074> in Hebron .<02275> |
NET © | So David issued orders to the soldiers and they put them to death. Then they cut off their hands and feet and hung them 1 near the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth 2 and buried it in the tomb of Abner 3 in Hebron. 4 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The antecedent of the pronoun “them” (which is not present in the Hebrew text, but implied) is not entirely clear. Presumably it is the corpses that were hung and not merely the detached hands and feet; cf. NIV “hung the (their NRSV, NLT) bodies”; the alternative is represented by TEV “cut off their hands and feet, which they hung up.” 2 tc 4QSama mistakenly reads “Mephibosheth” here. 3 tc The LXX adds “the son of Ner” by conformity with common phraseology elsewhere. 4 tc Some |