2 Samuel 4:7

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For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.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.

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Hebrew words

וַיָּבֹאוּvaiyavo'uand they cameH935הַבַּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004וְהוּא־vehu'-and heH1931שֹׁכֵבshokhev[was] lyingH7901עַל־'al-onH5921מִטָּתוֹmitatobed hisH4296בַּחֲדַרbachadarin [the] chamber ofH2315מִשְׁכָּבוֹmishkavolying down hisH4904וַיַּכֻּהוּvaiyakuhuand they struck himH5221וַיְמִתֻהוּvaymituhuand they killed himH4191וַיָּסִירוּvaiyasiruand they removedH5493אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853רֹאשׁוֹroshohead hisH7218וַיִּקְחוּvaiyikchuand they tookH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853רֹאשׁוֹroshohead hisH7218וַיֵּלְכוּvaiyelekhuand they wentH1980דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] way ofH1870הָעֲרָבָהha'aravahthe ArabahH6160כָּל־kol-allH3605הַלָּיְלָה׃halayelahthe nightH3915

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And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
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And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

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People and places

Places: Arabah