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2 Samuel 4:11-12
New International Version
2 Samuel 4:11-12
New International Version
11 How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood(A) from your hand and rid the earth of you!”
12 So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them.(B) 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.
2 Samuel 4:11-12
King James Version
2 Samuel 4:11-12
King James Version
11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
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2 Samuel 4:11-12
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 4:11-12
English Standard Version
11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now (A)require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?” 12 And David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it (B)in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.
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