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

1And whenIsh-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2And Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin: and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day). 4Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. 5And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

2 Samuel 4:3 word by word

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

• fledבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• Gittaimגִּתָּ֑יִםgittayim · GittaimH1664
• beenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 4:3

• 1 Samuel 31:7And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt 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