- 1And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע בֶּן שָׁא֗וּל כִּ֣י מֵ֤ת אַבְנֵר֙ בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן וַיִּרְפּ֖וּ יָדָ֑יו וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נִבְהָֽלוּ
- 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:וּשְׁנֵ֣י אֲנָשִׁ֣ים שָׂרֵֽי גְדוּדִ֣ים הָי֪וּ בֶן שָׁא֟וּל שֵׁם֩ הָאֶחָ֨ד בַּֽעֲנָ֜ה וְשֵׁ֧ם הַשֵּׁנִ֣י רֵכָ֗ב בְּנֵ֛י רִמּ֥וֹן הַבְּאֶֽרֹתִ֖י מִבְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן כִּ֚י גַּם בְּאֵר֔וֹת תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב עַל בִּנְיָמִֽן
- 3And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)וַיִּבְרְח֥וּ הַבְּאֵרֹתִ֖ים גִּתָּ֑יְמָה וַֽיִּהְיוּ שָׁ֣ם גָּרִ֔ים עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה
- 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.וְלִיהֽוֹנָתָן֙ בֶּן שָׁא֔וּל בֵּ֖ן נְכֵ֣ה רַגְלָ֑יִם בֶּן חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֣ים הָיָ֡ה בְּבֹ֣א שְׁמֻעַת֩ שָׁא֨וּל וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֜ן מִֽיִּזְרְעֶ֗אל וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֤הוּ אֹֽמַנְתּוֹ֙ וַתָּנֹ֔ס וַיְהִ֞י בְּחָפְזָ֥הּ לָנ֛וּס וַיִּפֹּ֥ל וַיִּפָּסֵ֖חַ וּשְׁמ֥וֹ מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת
- 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.וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ בְּנֵֽי רִמּ֤וֹן הַבְּאֵֽרֹתִי֙ רֵכָ֣ב וּבַעֲנָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ כְּחֹ֣ם הַיּ֔וֹם אֶל בֵּ֖ית בֹּ֑שֶׁת וְה֣וּא שֹׁכֵ֔ב אֵ֖ת מִשְׁכַּ֥ב הַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם
- 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.וְ֠הֵנָּה בָּ֜אוּ עַד תּ֤וֹךְ הַבַּ֨יִת֙ לֹקְחֵ֣י חִטִּ֔ים וַיַּכֻּ֖הוּ אֶל הַחֹ֑מֶשׁ וְרֵכָ֛ב וּבַעֲנָ֥ה אָחִ֖יו נִמְלָֽטוּ
- 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.וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ הַבַּ֗יִת וְהֽוּא שֹׁכֵ֤ב עַל מִטָּתוֹ֙ בַּחֲדַ֣ר מִשְׁכָּב֔וֹ וַיַּכֻּ֨הוּ֙ וַיְמִתֻ֔הוּ וַיָּסִ֖ירוּ אֶת רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ דֶּ֥רֶךְ הָעֲרָבָ֖ה כָּל הַלָּֽיְלָה
- 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.וַ֠יָּבִאוּ אֶת רֹ֨אשׁ בֹּ֥שֶׁת אֶל דָּוִד֮ חֶבְרוֹן֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הִנֵּֽה רֹ֣אשׁ בֹּ֗שֶׁת בֶּן שָׁאוּל֙ אֹֽיִבְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וַיִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֠הוָה לַֽאדֹנִ֨י הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ נְקָמוֹת֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה מִשָּׁא֖וּל וּמִזַּרְעֽוֹ
- 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,וַיַּ֨עַן דָּוִ֜ד אֶת רֵכָ֣ב וְאֶת בַּעֲנָ֣ה אָחִ֗יו בְּנֵ֛י רִמּ֥וֹן הַבְּאֵֽרֹתִ֖י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חַי יְהוָ֕ה אֲשֶׁר פָּדָ֥ה אֶת נַפְשִׁ֖י מִכָּל צָרָֽה
- 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:כִּ֣י הַמַּגִּיד֩ לֵאמֹ֜ר הִנֵּה מֵ֣ת שָׁא֗וּל וְהֽוּא הָיָ֤ה כִמְבַשֵּׂר֙ בְּעֵינָ֔יו וָאֹחֲזָ֣ה וָאֶהְרְגֵ֖הוּ בְּצִֽקְלָ֑ג אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְתִתִּי בְּשֹׂרָֽה
- 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?אַ֞ף כִּֽי אֲנָשִׁ֣ים רְשָׁעִ֗ים הָרְג֧וּ אֶת אִישׁ צַדִּ֛יק בְּבֵית֖וֹ עַל מִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ וְעַתָּ֗ה הֲל֨וֹא אֲבַקֵּ֤שׁ אֶת דָּמוֹ֙ מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ם וּבִעַרְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִן הָאָֽרֶץ
- 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.וַיְצַו֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶת הַנְּעָרִ֜ים וַיַּהַרְג֗וּם וַֽיְקַצְּצ֤וּ אֶת יְדֵיהֶם֙ וְאֶת רַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּתְל֥וּ עַל הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וְאֵ֨ת רֹ֤אשׁ בֹּ֨שֶׁת֙ לָקָ֔חוּ וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ בְקֶֽבֶר אַבְנֵ֖ר בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן
2 Samuel 4 KJV
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2 Samuel 4 original-language research
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229 tagged Hebrew tokens108 distinct lexical entries12 of 12 verses source-tagged
בֵּןH1121
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.)
שָׁאוּלH7586
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
רֹאשׁH7218
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
בּוֹאH935
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בַּיִתH1004
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בַּעֲנָהH1196
Baanah, the name of four Israelites
חֶבְרוֹןH2275
Chebron, a place in Palestine
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁתH378
Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul
רֵכָבH7394
Rekab, the name of two Arabs and of two Israelites
Hebrew verse gematria
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| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| 2 Samuel 4:1 | 4,128 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:2 | 11,446 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:3 | 4,370 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:4 | 12,067 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:5 | 6,485 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:6 | 3,199 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:7 | 5,859 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:8 | 12,260 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:9 | 5,725 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:10 | 4,274 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:11 | 10,596 | study verse |
| 2 Samuel 4:12 | 10,134 | study verse |
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