10 (A)when the one who informed me, saying, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ also [a]viewed himself as the bearer of good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. 11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now (B)require his blood from your hands and eliminate you both from the earth?” 12 Then (C)David commanded the young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet, and hung them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth (D)and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

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  1. 2 Samuel 4:10 Lit was as a bearer of good news in his own eyes

10 when someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag.(A) That was the reward I gave him for his news! 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(B) from your hand and rid the earth of you!”

12 So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them.(C) 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.

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