2 Samuel 4
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
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:
3And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
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.
5And 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.
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.
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.
8And 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.
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,
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:
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?
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 Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85315× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בֵּןbênH112110× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁתʼÎysh-BôshethH3788× in this chapter
Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul
- שָׁאוּלShâʼûwlH75867× in this chapter
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
- הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- רֹאשׁrôʼshH72185× in this chapter
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9355× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בַּיִתbayithH10044× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בַּעֲנָהBaʻănâhH11964× in this chapter
Baanah, the name of four Israelites
- חֶבְרוֹןChebrôwnH22754× in this chapter
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
- כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- רֵכָבRêkâbH73944× in this chapter
Rekab, the name of two Arabs and of two Israelites
- בְּאֵרֹתִיBᵉʼêrôthîyH8864× in this chapter
a Beerothite or inhabitant of Beeroth
- דָּוִדDâvidH17323× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הָרַגhâragH20263× in this chapter
to smite with deadly intent
- יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לָקַחlâqachH39473× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- מוּתmûwthH41913× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- מִשְׁכָּבmishkâbH49043× in this chapter
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
- אָמַרʼâmarH5593× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- רִמּוֹןRimmôwnH74173× in this chapter
Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in Palestine
- שֵׁםshêmH80343× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בִּנְיָמִיןBinyâmîynH11442× in this chapter
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12452× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20092× in this chapter
lo!
- זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- אָחʼâchH2512× in this chapter
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יְהוֹנָתָןYᵉhôwnâthânH30832× in this chapter
Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44282× in this chapter
a king
- נוּסnûwçH51272× in this chapter
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
- נָכָהnâkâhH52212× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)