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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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_through the plain_ BY THE WAY OF THE ARABAH. See note on ch. 2 Samuel
2:29. From Mahanaim to Hebron was a distance of about 80 or 90 miles....
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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 doorkeepe...
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Ish-bosheth Slain. 2 Samuel 4:5-12
5 And 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.
6 And th...
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_FOR 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._
When th...
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4:7 plain (e-37) The _ Arabah_ . see Joshua 3:16 ....
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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 inc...
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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 afr...
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TOOK HIS HEAD. — There is no difficulty with the repetition in 2
Samuel 4:7 of what has been already mentioned inverse 6, for it is
common in the Scripture narratives to repeat statements when any
add...
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וַ יָּבֹ֣אוּ הַ בַּ֗יִת וְ הֽוּא
־שֹׁכֵ֤ב
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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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_Parlour. Hebrew, "bed-chamber." --- Wilderness. Avoiding places
frequented. (Haydock) --- The distance was about 40 leagues, which
they could not travel in one night. (Calmet) --- Adrichomius says it...
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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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FOR WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE HOUSE, HE LAY ON HIS BED IN HIS
BEDCHAMBER,.... This is repeated to give a more particular account of
the murder; though Abarbinel thinks they went in twice; when they went...
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_For 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._
Ver. 7....
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_They smote him, and slew him_, &c. The privacy of the place gave them
opportunity to do all this, without discovery. _And gat them away
through the plain, from Mahanaim to Hebron_ It being for the mo...
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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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For when they came in to the house, which was open to them by reason
of their position in the army, HE LAY ON HIS BED IN HIS BEDCHAMBER, in
the inner, more remote section of the house, AND THEY SMOTE...
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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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THROUGH THE PLAIN, i.e. in the way from Mahanaim to Hebron; which for
the most part was a plain country....
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2 Samuel 4:7 came H935 (H8799) house H1004 lying H7901 (H8802) bed
H4296 bedroom H2315 H4904 struck...
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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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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 4:7 This verse is an expansion of the
previous verse.
⇐ ⇔...
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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 t...
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1 Samuel 17:54; 1 Samuel 31:9; 2 Kings 10:6; 2 Kings 10:7; Mark 6:28;...