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

1Saul's son Ish-Bosheth heard the news that Abner had died in Hebron. Then he felt very frightened. All the people in Israel became afraid. 2Ish-Bosheth had two officers called Baanah and Recab. They were leaders of small groups of soldiers. Their father was Rimmon from Beeroth. He belonged to Benjamin's tribe. At that time, Beeroth was part of Benjamin's land. The people from Beeroth had run away to Gittaim. So Beeroth's people still live there as strangers. 4Saul's son Jonathan had a son called Mephibosheth. Since he was five years old he had not been able to walk. At that time someone had come from Jezreel to say that Saul and Jonathan had died. So Mephibosheth's nurse picked him up to escape with him. But as she ran in a hurry, he fell to the ground. It hurt his feet very badly. 5Rimmon's sons, Recab and Baanah, left their home and they went to Ish-Bosheth's house. They arrived in the middle of the day when it was very hot. Ish-Bosheth was resting on his bed.

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 31:7The Israelites who lived in the Jezreel valley and on the other side of the Jordan River saw what happened. They saw that the Israelite army had run away from the Philistines. They saw that Saul and his sons were dead. So they left their towns and they ran away. Then the Philistines came to live in those towns.
• Nehemiah 11:33Hazor, Ramah and 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