2Sa 4:12 | TNotes | STEP | 4:12 cut off their hands and feet: Displaying the dismembered bodies of Ishbosheth’s killers shamed them by denying them proper burial (cp. 1 Sam 31:8-13 ); it was also a public testimony of David’s innocence in Ishbosheth’s death.

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‏ 2 Samuel 4:12

4:12 ^a cut off their hands and feet: Displaying the dismembered bodies of Ishbosheth’s killers shamed them by denying them proper burial (cp. 1 Sam 31:8-13 ^b); it was also a public testimony of David’s innocence in Ishbosheth’s death.