2 Samuel 4:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Samuel 4:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Samuel 4:7 is a verse from the book of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded h..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Samuel 4:7 — KJV
“For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.”
— 2 Samuel 4:7 (KJV)
2 Samuel 4:7 in Context — About the Book of 2 Samuel
2 Samuel covers David's reign — his triumphs, his devastating fall with Bathsheba, and his raw, honest walk back to God. It shows that even a man after God's own heart needs mercy, and that God's covenant love survives our worst chapters.
Cross-References for 2 Samuel 4:7
“And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 4:7: came, into, house
“And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. bar...: Heb. with the bar”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 4:7: lay, took, gat
“And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 4:7: came, into, house
“And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 4:7: came, into, took
“And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: kneadingtroughs: or, dough”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 4:7: into, house, bed
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