2 Samuel 4:7
Konteks4:7 They had entered 1 the house while Ish-bosheth 2 was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him 3 and then cut off his head. 4 Taking his head, 5 they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.
2 Samuel 10:14
Konteks10:14 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to 6 Jerusalem. 7
[4:7] 1 tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.
[4:7] 2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[4:7] 3 tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.
[4:7] 4 tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.
[4:7] 5 tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”
[10:14] 6 tn Heb “and Joab returned from against the sons of Ammon and entered.”
[10:14] 7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.