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Verse 2 Samuel 4:6. AS THOUGH _THEY WOULD HAVE FETCHED WHEAT_] The
king's stores were probably near his own dwelling; and these men were
accustomed to go thither for provisions for themselves, their c...
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AS THOUGH THEY WOULD HAVE FETCHED WHEAT - This is a very obscure
passage, and the double repetition in 2 Samuel 4:6 of the murder of
the king and of the escape of the assassin, is hard to account for....
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5. THE DEATH OF ISH-BOSHETH
CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Ish-bosheth in despair (2 Samuel 4:1)_
2. Mephibosheth, the lame son (2 Samuel 4:4)
3. The end of Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4:5)
4. The punishment of the mu...
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It was clear that Ishbaal's authority could not long survive Abner. It
was only a question who should carry out the schemes which Abner had
set on foot. Two of Ishbaal's captains came to his house as...
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AND THEY CAME THITHER. Or, "Thither, into the interior of the house,
came wheat-fetchers, and they smote", &c....
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_And they came_, &c. An explanation how it was possible for Rechab and
Baanah to enter Ish-bosheth's house unsuspected. They came, as they
may have been accustomed to do, to procure wheat for their me...
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THEY CAME THITHER INTO THE MIDST OF THE HOUSE— Houbigant, following
the version of the LXX, translates the whole thus: _the keeper of the
house, while he was cleaning wheat in the midst of it, slept i...
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4. How was Ish-bosheth killed? 2 Samuel 4:5-7
Rimmon and Rechab pretended that they were making deliveries to the
king's palace. They chose to enter the place at the heat of the day
when the doorkeep...
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_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._
And they came thither...
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THE MURDER OF ISH-BOSHETH
2, 3. Beeroth was near Gibeon. The object of this note is to explain
how the Beerothites came to be Benjamites. Properly they should have
been Canaanites, for Beeroth was in...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 4
THE MURDER OF ISH-BOSHETH
V1 Ish-Bosheth was the son of Saul. He heard that Abner had died in
Hebron. So, Ish-Bosheth became afra...
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AS THOUGH THEY WOULD HAVE FETCHED WHEAT. — Literally, _fetching
wheat._ The English version gives the sense, since the fetching wheat
(probably for their soldiers) was a pretext to cover their purpose...
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וְ֠ הֵנָּה בָּ֜אוּ עַד ־תֹּ֤וךְ הַ
בַּ֨יִת֙ לֹקְחֵ֣י חִטִּ֔ים וַ
יַּכֻּ֖הוּ אֶל ־הַ חֹ֑מֶשׁ...
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CHAPTER V.
_ ASSASSINATION OF ABNER AND ISHBOSHETH._
2 Samuel 3:22; 2 Samuel 4:1
IT is quite possible that, in treating with Abner, David showed too
complacent a temper, that he treated too lightly...
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ANOTHER TREACHEROUS DEED AND ITS PENALTY
2 Samuel 4:1
Abner's death rendered hopeless the cause of Ish-bosheth. Two captains
incurred lasting shame and deserved punishment by their dastardly act
of...
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Again we have the story of a murder unjustifiable and cruel, prompted
solely by the hope of gaining favor with David. Once again the king
made it perfectly clear that he had no part in any of these me...
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And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they
(e) would have fetched wheat; and they (f) smote him under the fifth
[rib]: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
(e) They dis...
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_Corn. Soldiers were paid with corn, instead of money. They came,
therefore, under this pretext; or they brought some as a present to
the king, (Liranus) or pretended that they were come to purchase,...
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(2) 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...
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We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first
desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that,
although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3 AND 4.
Alas! the history of this period plunges us into the ways of man. It
is no longer merely David walking in the path of faith. It is Joab, a
clever, am...
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AND THEY CAME THITHER INTO THE MIDST OF THE HOUSE,.... They not only
came unto it, but entered into it, and went into the inmost part of
it; the guards being asleep also perhaps, or not on duty, so th...
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_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._
Ver. 6. _As though...
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_Who lay on a bed at noon_ As the manner was, and still continues to
be, in hot countries. _As though they would have fetched wheat _ Which
was laid up in public granaries in the king's house, and was...
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1 The Israelites being troubled at the death of Abner,
2 Baanah and Rechab slay Ishbosheth, and bring his head to Hebron.
9 Dauid causeth them to be slaine, and Ishbosheths head to be buried.
1 AND...
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ISHBOSHETH MURDERED...
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Abner's death left Ish-bosheth helpless, and all Israel in a state of
troubled perplexity (v.1). Two men, however, who were captains of
bands in Ish-bosheth's army, saw an attractive opportunity at th...
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1-7 See how Ishbosheth was murdered! When those difficulties dispirit
us, which should sharpen our endeavours, we betray both our heavenly
crowns and our earthly lives. Love not sleep, lest thou come...
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INTO THE MIDST OF THE HOUSE, or, _into the house_; for the midst is
not always taken exactly, and mathematically, but for any part within,
as GENESIS 48:16 EXODUS 8:22 JOSHUA 3:17. AS THOUGH THEY WOUL...
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2 SAMUEL 4:6 THERE H935 (H8804) WAY H8432 HOUSE H1004 GET H3947
(H8802) WHEAT H2406 STABBED H5221 (H8686) STOMACH H2570 RECHAB H7394
BAANAH H1196 BROTHER H251 ESCAPED H4422 (H8738)
under - 2 Samuel 2...
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SAUL'S LEGITIMATE SUCCESSORS ARE RENDERED INCAPABLE OF KINGSHIP.
MEPHI-BOSHETH, JONATHAN'S SON, BECOMES LAME AND ISH-BOSHETH, SAUL'S
REMAINING SON, IS ASSASSINATED BY TWO OF HIS COMMANDERS WHO BRING H...
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CONTENTS: Murder of Ish-bosheth.
CHARACTERS: David, Ish-bosheth, Mephibosheth, Baanahm, Rechab.
CONCLUSION: The guilt of blood brings a curse, and if men do not
avenge it, God will.
KEY WORD: Murde...
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2 Samuel 4:12. _David slew them._ What a glory to Israel to have a
king clothed with justice: a righteous monarch makes a righteous
nation. This act of David would elevate him in the eyes of good men....
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_And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab, and Baanah._
THE DEATH OF ISHBOSHETH
I. The motives that induced those two traitors to murder Ishbosheth
were:
1. Abner’s death had disabled him for...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
2 Samuel 4:1. “HIS HANDS WERE FEEBLE,” literally “his hands
slackened,” _i.e._, “he lost the power and courage to act as a
king.” _(Keil.)_ “TROUBLED,” or “_confounded_...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 4:1
WHEN SAUL'S SON HEARD THAT ABNER WAS DEAD. The news of Abner's death
must have had a doubly depressing effect upon Ishbosheth; for he
learned, not only that the mainstay of hi...
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Now when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands
were feeble, and all of Israel was troubled. And Saul's son had two
men that were the captains of his bands (2 Samuel 4:1-2):
These...
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2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 3:27...
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Fetched wheat — Which was laid up in publick granaries in the king's
house, and was fetched thence by the captains and commanders of the
army for the pay of their soldiers, who, in those ancient times...