2 Samuel 4:8 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 4:8

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.

7 For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedroom; then they struck him and killed him, beheaded him and took his head, and were all night escaping through the plain.

8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul your enemy, ^awho sought your life; and the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants.”

9 But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the Lord lives, ^awho has redeemed my life from all adversity,

10 when ^asomeone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag—the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news.

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Definitions of words in 2 Samuel 4:8:

David {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
David {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
David {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Day {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Day {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Enemy {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Head {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Here {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Life {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Life {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Saul {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Saul {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Saul {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hebron {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hebron {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Ishbosheth {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing 2 Samuel 4:8:

Behead {Easton's}
Leopard {Easton's}
Avenge; Avenger {I.S.B.E.}
Rechab; Rechabites {I.S.B.E.}
Samuel, Books Of {I.S.B.E.}

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