2 SAMUEL 4:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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 Ish–bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.”
So David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet — David's execution is swift and severe. The mutilation—cutting off hands and feet—mirrors the violation of sacred space and covenant. The bodies are hung up at the pool of Hebron as public statement. David thus vindicates the Lord's anointed and establishes that murder brings death.
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