2 Samuel 4:7 (KJV)

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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

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Cross-references

took his head. 1Sa 17:54 1Sa 31:9 2Ki 10:6 2Ki 10:7 Mt 14:11 Mr 6:28 Mr 6:29

When those difficulties dispirit us which should rather invigorate us and sharpen our endeavours, we betray a carelessness of character which is soon taken advantage of by our more watchful neighbours. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty and ruin. The idle soul is an easy prey to the destroyer.

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