Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 4:5
Lay on a bed at noon - Render, “was taking his midday rest,” according to the custom of hot countries.
Lay on a bed at noon - Render, “was taking his midday rest,” according to the custom of hot countries.
Verse 2 Samuel 4:5. _LAY ON A BED AT NOON._] It is a custom in all hot countries to travel or work very _early_ and very _late_, and rest at _noonday_, in which the _heat_ chiefly prevails....
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...
_to the house of Ish-bosheth_ At Mahanaim (ch. 2 Samuel 2:8). _who lay on a bed at noon_ Or, AS HE WAS TAKING HIS MIDDAY SLEEP, or _siesta_, according to the usual custom of hot countries. They chose...
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...
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...
_AND 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._ Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the...
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...
WHO LAY ON A BED AT NOON] rather, 'and he was taking his noon-tide rest,' or siesta....
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...
WHO LAY ON A BED AT NOON — according to the custom in hot countries of taking a _siesta_ at midday. Ish-bosheth’s bed was, of course, in the coolest and most retired part of the house....
וַ יֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ בְּנֵֽי ־רִמֹּ֤ון הַ בְּאֵֽרֹתִי֙...
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...
At noon, "to divide the day," as Varro (iii. 2,) writes. This custom is very prevalent in hot countries. --- And the, &c., is all omitted in Hebrew and in most ancient manuscripts of St. Jerome's vers...
(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...
AND THE SONS OF RIMMON THE BEEROTHITE, RECHAB AND BAANAH, WENT,.... From Gittaim, where they were sojourners, 2 Samuel 4:3; or from the army, where they had commissions, wherever it was: AND CAME, A...
And 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. Ver. 5. _Who lay on a bed at noon._] And on hi...
_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...
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...
And 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, on the midday-bed, during the drowsiest part of...
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...
Either from discontent of mind, as Ahab did, 1 KINGS 21:4; or from sloth and sensuality, as David seems to have done, 2 SAMUEL 11:2....
2 Samuel 4:5 sons H1121 Rimmon H7417 Beerothite H886 Rechab H7394 Baanah H1196 out H3212 (H8799) came H935 ...
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...
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 Kings 16:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Chronicles 25:27;...