2 Samuel 4

Verse 1

WEB When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

KJV And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

TSK his hands: 2sa 17:2, ezr 4:4, ne 6:9, isa 13:7, isa 35:3, jer 6:24, jer 50:43, zep 3:16; and all: mt 2:2,3

Verse 2

WEB Saul’s son had two men who 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:

KJV And 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 a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.

TSK captains: 2sa 3:22, 2ki 5:2, 2ki 6:23; Beeroth: jos 9:17, jos 18:25

Verse 3

WEB and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).

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

TSK And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.): 1sa 31:7, ne 11:33

Verse 4

WEB Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of 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 Mephibosheth.

KJV And 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.

TSK Jonathan: 2sa 9:3; when the tidings: 1sa 29:1,11, 1sa 31:1-10; Mephibosheth: 1ch 8:34, 1ch 9:40

Verse 5

WEB The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

KJV And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

TSK went: 2ch 24:25, 2ch 25:27, 2ch 33:24; lay on a bed: 2sa 11:2, 1ki 16:9, pr 24:33,34, 1th 5:3-7

Verse 6

WEB They came there into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

KJV And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

TSK under: 2sa 2:23, 2sa 3:27, 2sa 20:10

Verse 7

WEB Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

KJV For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

TSK took his head: 1sa 17:54, 1sa 31:9, 2ki 10:6,7, mt 14:11, mr 6:28,29

Verse 8

WEB They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.”

KJV And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

TSK sought: 1sa 18:11, 1sa 19:2-11,15, 1sa 20:1, 1sa 23:15, 1sa 25:29, ps 63:9,10, ps 71:24, mt 2:20; the Lord: 2sa 18:19,31, 2sa 22:48, lu 18:7,8, re 6:10, re 18:20

Verse 9

WEB David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

KJV And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

TSK who hath: ge 48:16, 1ki 1:29, ps 31:5-7, ps 34:6,7,17,22, ps 71:23, ps 103:4, ps 106:10, ps 107:2, 2ti 4:17,18

Verse 10

WEB when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

KJV When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

TSK one: 2sa 1:2-16

Verse 11

WEB How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?”

KJV How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

TSK when wicked: 1ki 2:32, pr 25:26, hab 1:4,12, 1jo 3:12; require: 2sa 3:27,39, ge 9:5,6, ex 21:12, nu 35:31-34, ps 9:12; from: ge 4:11, ge 6:13, ge 7:23, ex 9:15, ps 109:15, pr 2:22, jer 10:11

Verse 12

WEB David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

KJV And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

TSK slew them: 2sa 1:15, ps 55:23, mt 7:2; hanged: 2sa 21:9, de 21:22,23; in the sepulchre: 2sa 3:32