2Sa 4:7 | NET2full | STEP | They had entered the house while Ish Bosheth was resting on his bed in his bedroom . They mortally wounded him and then cut off his head . Taking his head , they traveled on the way of the rift valley all that night .

2 Samuel 4:7

7 They had entered ^{▼▼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.} the house while Ish Bosheth ^{▼▼tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish Bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him ^{▼▼tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.} and then cut off his head. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.} Taking his head, ^{▼▼tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”} they traveled on the way of the rift valley ^{▼▼sn The rift valley is a large geographic feature extending form Galilee to the gulf of Aqaba. The portion in view here runs along the west of the Dead Sea.} all that night.