And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

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.

They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”

And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.