New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Samuel 4:5-9
5So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, departed and came to the house of 1Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day while he was taking his midday rest. 62They came to the middle of the house as 3if to get wheat, and 4they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7Now when they came into the house, as he was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and killed him and beheaded him. And they took his head and 56traveled by way of the Arabah all night. 8Then they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth 7the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; thus the Lord has given my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and his 8descendants.”
9David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the Lord lives, 9who has redeemed my life from all distress,
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 4:5 2 Sam 2:8 ↩
- 2. 2 Samuel 4:6 Lit And here ↩
- 3. 2 Samuel 4:6 Lit takers of wheat ↩
- 4. 2 Samuel 4:6 2 Sam 2:23 ↩
- 5. 2 Samuel 4:7 Lit went ↩
- 6. 2 Samuel 4:7 2 Sam 2:29 ↩
- 7. 2 Samuel 4:8 1 Sam 24:4; 25:29 ↩
- 8. 2 Samuel 4:8 Lit seed ↩
- 9. 2 Samuel 4:9 Gen 48:16; 1 Kin 1:29; Ps 31:7 ↩
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
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