2 Samuel 4:3

2 Samuel 4:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
• New International Version (NIV)because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have resided there as foreigners to this day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there to this day).
• New King James Version (NKJV)because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there until this day.)

Context of 2 Samuel 4:3

1When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth [king of Israel], heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was horrified. 2Saul’s son had two men who were commanders of [raiding] bands [of soldiers]. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the sons (tribe) of Benjamin (for Beeroth is also considered part of [the tribe of] Benjamin, and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been resident aliens there to this day). 4Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the news [of the deaths] of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. And the boy’s nurse picked him up and fled; but it happened that while she was hurrying to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth. 5So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, left and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day while he was taking his midday rest.

2 Samuel 4:3 word by word

וַיִּבְרְח֥וּ הַבְּאֵרֹתִ֖ים גִּתָּ֑יְמָה וַֽיִּהְיוּ־שָׁ֣ם גָּרִ֔ים עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Beerothitesבְּאֵרֹתִיbe'êrôthîy · BeerothiteH886
• fledבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• to Gittaimגִּתָּ֑יִםgittayim · GittaimH1664
• and were sojournersגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
• there until this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 4:3

• 1 Samuel 31:7When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley [of Jezreel], and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the other men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and lived in them.
• Nehemiah 11:33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 4:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The Beerothites fled to Gittaim - Probably the same as Gath; as Ramathaim is the same as Ramah.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Beeroth was located in Benjamin near Gibeon. The people of Beeroth likely fled to Gittaim because Saul persecuted non-Israelite residents in that region (see 2 Samuel 21:1–9). The location of Gittaim is unknown.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 4:3

• Gittaim

In the dictionaries

• Blood
• Gittaim
• Ishbosheth
• Government
• Rechab; Rechabites
• Samuel, Books of
• Text of the Old Testament
• Gittites

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary