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.
Ver. 7. He lay on his bed.] Dreading no danger. So great need have we to commit ourselves to God, when we go to our rest, that whether we live or die, we may be his.
They smote him, and slew him.] So do surfeiting and drunkenness slay the soul, saith Hugo, of the spiritual sleeper; taking away his heart. Hos 4:11