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    2 Samuel · 12 verses

    2 Samuel 4

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    A severed head arrives at Hebron as supposed good news, and David answers by making its bearers an example of very bad news indeed.

    Courage fails, and a royal son is carried awayvv. 1–4

    When Ish-bosheth hears that Abner has died in Hebron, he loses courage, and Israel is dismayed. Baanah and Rechab are introduced as leaders of raiding parties, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite; Beeroth is counted as Benjamin, though its people fled to Gittaim and lived there as foreigners. Then comes the chapter’s quiet sorrow: Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth was five when the report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse fled with him, but in the hurry he fell, and became lame.

    Wheat, a sleeping king, and the wrong sort of rewardvv. 5–12

    Rechab and Baanah arrive at Ish-bosheth’s house in the heat of the day, while the king is taking his midday nap. They enter as if to get wheat, stab him in the stomach, behead him, and travel all night by way of the Arabah. At Hebron they present the head to David as vengeance granted by the LORD. David recalls the man who announced Saul’s death at Ziklag and received death for that news; wicked men who kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, he says, will receive no gentler accounting. Rechab and Baanah are killed, their hands and feet cut off, and their bodies hung by the pool in Hebron. Ish-bosheth’s head, meanwhile, is buried in Abner’s tomb.

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    1. 2 Sam 4:1Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.

    2. 2 Sam 4:2Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,

    3. 2 Sam 4:3because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.

    4. 2 Sam 4:4And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

    5. 2 Sam 4:5Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

    6. 2 Sam 4:6They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

    7. 2 Sam 4:7They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

    8. 2 Sam 4:8They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

    9. 2 Sam 4:9But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

    10. 2 Sam 4:10when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

    11. 2 Sam 4:11How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”

    12. 2 Sam 4:12So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

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    • 42 Samuel 9:3So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
    • 91 Kings 1:29And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
    • 9Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
    • 9Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
    • 9Psalms 34:6–7This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
    • 9Psalms 103:4who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
    • 9Psalms 34:17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
    • 1Ezra 4:4Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
    • 2Joshua 18:25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
    • 3Nehemiah 11:33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
    • 62 Samuel 2:23But Asahel refused to turn away. So Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
    • 9Psalms 34:22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
    • 9Psalms 31:5–7Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
    • 9Psalms 71:23When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
    • 1Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
    • 2Joshua 9:17So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

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