to be punished / to get his punishment
He was punished. He received what he deserved.
("And I say that it was said about the matter of the inhabitants of Nov, that the punishment of Saul came upon him, as our Sages explained" - Rashi on Psalms 7:1)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּא עַל עָנְשׁוֹ, בא על עונשו
Definition (Hebrew)
נֶעֱנַשׁ. קִבֵּל אֶת הַמַּגִּיעַ לוֹ.
("וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁאָמְרוּ עַל עִסְקִי יֹשְׁבֵי בְּנֹב, שֶׁבָּא עָלָיו עַל עָנְשׁוֹ שֶׁל שָׁאוּל כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ" - רָשִׁ"י תְּהִלִּים ז א)