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2Sa 4:12 — And 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 Ishbosheth, and buried [it] in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

slew them		2Sa 1:15; Psa 55:23; Mat 7:2
hanged		2Sa 21:9; Deu 21:22,23
in the sepulchre		2Sa 3:32

Correlating Passages

slew them

	2Sa 1:15	And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
	Psa 55:23	But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
	Mat 7:2	For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

hanged

	2Sa 21:9	And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell [all] seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], in the beginning of barley harvest.
	Deu 21:22	And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
	Deu 21:23	His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

in the sepulchre

2Sa 3:32

And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 4:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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