II Samuel 4:12
The Scripture
(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Two of Ish-bosheth's captains, Baanah and Rechab, murdered him in his bed and brought his head to David expecting a reward, but David had them executed for killing an innocent man. The chapter also introduces Mephibosheth, Jonathan's crippled son, who was dropped and injured by his nurse while fleeing news of Saul and Jonathan's deaths.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Samuel 1:15Psalms 55:23Matthew 7:2II Samuel 21:9Deuteronomy 21:22Deuteronomy 21:23II Samuel 3:32
Related verses (shared words)
Judges 1:10II Samuel 3:32Numbers 13:22II Samuel 2:32II Samuel 3:19II Samuel 3:20