2 Samuel 4:10
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When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
In other translations
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
Hebrew words
כִּיkiifH3588הַמַּגִּידhamagidthe [one who] toldH5046לִיlito <the> meלֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559הִנֵּה־hineh-here!H2009מֵתmethe has diedH4191שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586וְהוּא־vehu'-and heH1931הָיָהhayahhe wasH1961כִמְבַשֵּׂרkhimvaserlike a bearer of newsH1319בְּעֵינָיוbe'einavin own eyes hisH5869וָאֹחֲזָהva'ochazahand I took hold !H270בוֹvoon <the> himוָאֶהְרְגֵהוּva'ehregehuand I killed himH2026בְּצִקְלָגbetziklagin ZiklagH6860אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834לְתִתִּי־letiti-to give IH5414לוֹloto <the> himבְּשֹׂרָה׃besorahgood newsH1309
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 2 Samuel 1:2-162 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. 5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?2 On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage. 3 “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied. 4 “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.” 5 Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
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People and places
People: Saul
Places: Ziklag