2 Samuel 4:3 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 4:3

Ishbosheth Is Murdered

1 When Saul’s¹ son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, ^ahe lost heart, and all Israel was ^btroubled.

2 Now Saul’s son had two men who were captains of troops. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin. (For ^aBeeroth also was part of Benjamin,

3 because the Beerothites fled to ^aGittaim and have been sojourners there until this day.)

4 ^aJonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came ^bfrom Jezreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. His name was ^cMephibosheth.

5 Then the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out and came at about the heat of the day to the ^ahouse of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed at noon.

6 And they came there, all the way into the house, as though to get wheat, and they¹ stabbed him ^ain the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 4:3

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American Standard Version
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).

Amplified® Bible
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there to this day.

Contemporary English Version
The people who used to live in Beeroth had run away to Gittaim, and they still live there.

Darby English Version
And the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.

Good News Bible
Its original inhabitants had fled to Gittaim, where they have lived ever since.)

King James Version
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

New American Standard Bible
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been aliens there until this day).

New International Version
because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have lived there as aliens to this day.

New King James Version
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there until this day.)

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and live as aliens there until this day).

Revised Standard Version
the Be-er'othites fled to Gitta'im, and have been sojourners there to this day).

Young's Literal Translation
and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day.

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