2 Samuel 4:12

WEB

¹²David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.

KJV

¹²And 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 Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

BSB

¹²So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

FBV

¹²David gave the order to his men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They chopped off their hands and feet, and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. Then they took Ishbosheth's head and buried it in Abner's grave in Hebron.

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2 Samuel 1:15

¹⁵David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.

2 Samuel 3:32

³²They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.

2 Samuel 21:9

⁹He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites; and they hanged them on the mountain before the LORD, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.

Matthew 7:2

²For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

²²If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, ²³his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.

Psalms 55:23

²³But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.