2 Samuel 4:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!”

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BSBPD

“when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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 · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“when one is declaring to me, saying, Lo, Saul is dead, and he was as a bearer of tidings in his own eyes, then I take hold on him, and slay him in Ziklag, instead of my giving to him <FI>for<Fi> the tidings.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 4:10 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 1:2On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
  2. 2 Samuel 1:15Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

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