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2 Samuel 4

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  1. 1And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.11 cross-references: Ezra 4:4, Isaiah 13:7, Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 50:43, Nehemiah 6:9
  2. 2And 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:7 cross-references: Joshua 18:25, Joshua 9:17, 2 Kings 6:23, 2 Samuel 3:22, 2 Kings 5:2
  3. 3And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)6 cross-references: Nehemiah 11:33, 1 Samuel 31:7
  4. 4And 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.15 cross-references: 2 Samuel 9:3, 1 Chronicles 8:34, 2 Samuel 9:6, 1 Chronicles 9:40, 1 Samuel 29:1
  5. 5And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.13 cross-references: Proverbs 24:33–34, 2 Samuel 11:2, 1 Kings 16:9, 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Chronicles 25:27
  6. 6And 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.5 cross-references: 2 Samuel 2:23, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 20:10
  7. 7For 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.8 cross-references: Matthew 14:11, 2 Kings 10:6–7, 1 Samuel 17:54, Mark 6:28–29, 2 Samuel 2:29
  8. 8And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bosheth 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.18 cross-references: 1 Samuel 25:29, 2 Samuel 22:48, Psalms 63:9–10, Revelation 6:10, 2 Samuel 18:19
  9. 9And 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,20 cross-references: Genesis 48:16, Psalms 107:2, 1 Kings 1:29, Psalms 34:17, Psalms 34:6–7
  10. 10When 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:9 cross-references: 2 Samuel 1:2–16
  11. 11How 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?26 cross-references: Psalms 9:12, Genesis 9:5–6, Numbers 35:31–34, Exodus 9:15, Psalms 109:15
  12. 12And 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 Ish–bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.10 cross-references: 2 Samuel 3:32, 2 Samuel 1:15, Psalms 55:23, 2 Samuel 21:9, Matthew 7:2

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People in 2 Samuel 4

Baanah, Rechab, Saul, Rimmon, Ish-bosheth, David, Abner, God, Benjamin, Jonathan, Mephibosheth

Places in 2 Samuel 4

Hebron, Beeroth, Gittaim, Jezreel, Arabah, Ziklag