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2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 4:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And David commanded his servants and they slew them: and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they took and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

Douay-Rheims

וַיְצַו֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֜ים וַיַּהַרְג֗וּם וַֽיְקַצְּצ֤וּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם֙ וְאֶת־רַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּתְל֥וּ עַל־הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וְאֵ֨ת רֹ֤אשׁ אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙ לָקָ֔חוּ וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ בְקֶֽבֶר־אַבְנֵ֖ר בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃

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Nilus of Sinai

5th centuryChurch Father

Blessed David executed the assassins of Jebus with death, severed their hands and feet, and suspended them by a spring near the water. This signifies that the baptism instituted by Christ renders the demons powerless and wholly inactive, before faith had bound us and quelled our spirits.

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