¹² So David ordered his young men to kill them, and they did. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies beside the pool in Hebron. Then they took Ishbosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

³² They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king and all the people wept at his graveside.

¹⁵ Then David said to one of his men, “Kill him!” So the man thrust his sword into the Amalekite and killed him.

² For you will be treated as you treat others.^[a] The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.^[b]

⁹ The men of Gibeon executed them on the mountain before the Lord. So all seven of them died together at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Various Regulations

²² “If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and hung on a tree,^{[a] 23} the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung^[b] is cursed in the sight of God. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession.