Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 4:7
Through the plain, i.e. in the way from Mahanaim to Hebron; which for the most part was a plain country.
Through the plain, i.e. in the way from Mahanaim to Hebron; which for the most part was a plain country.
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...
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...
BED. Compare 2 Samuel 3:31....
_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....
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...
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...
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...
_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...
4:7 plain (e-37) The _ Arabah_ . see Joshua 3:16 ....
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...
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...
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...
וַ יָּבֹ֣אוּ הַ בַּ֗יִת וְ הֽוּא ־שֹׁכֵ֤ב
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...
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...
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...
_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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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....
_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...
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...
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...
ISHBOSHETH MURDERED...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 4:7 came H935 (H8799) house H1004 lying H7901 (H8802) bed H4296 bedroom H2315 H4904 struck...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 4:7 This verse is an expansion of the previous verse. ⇐ ⇔...
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_...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 17:54; 1 Samuel 31:9; 2 Kings 10:6; 2 Kings 10:7; Mark 6:28;...