II Samuel 4:10
“When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Samuel 4:10 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
American Standard Version (ASV)English
when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Siehe, Saul ist tot! und der in seinen Augen ein guter Bote war, den ergriff ich und tötete ihn zu Ziklag, um ihm so Botenlohn zu geben;
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Que cuando uno me dió nuevas, diciendo, He aquí Saúl es muerto imaginándose que traía buenas nuevas, yo lo prendí, y le maté en Siclag en pago de la nueva.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
que, quando um me deu a notícia, dizendo: Eis que Saul é morto, imaginando que trazia uma boa notícia, eu o detive e o matei em Ziclague, por causa da notícia.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
quando alguém me contou: 'Olhe, Saul está morto', pensando que estava trazendo boas notícias, eu o capturei e o matei em Ziclague. Aquela foi a recompensa que dei a ele por sua notícia.
📖 II Samuel 4:10 in Context
8And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
10When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
11How 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?
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.
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