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2 Samuel 4:3-5
Contemporary English Version
2 Samuel 4:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 The people who used to live in Beeroth had run away to Gittaim, and they still live[a] there.
4 (A) Saul's son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth,[b] who had not been able to walk since he was five years old. It happened when someone from Jezreel told his nurse that Saul and Jonathan had died.[c] She hurried off with the boy in her arms, but he fell and injured his legs.
5 One day about noon, Rechab and Baanah went to Ishbosheth's house. It was a hot day, and he was resting
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- 4.3 live: The Hebrew word means that they did not have the full legal rights of citizens.
- 4.4 Mephibosheth: Some manuscripts of one ancient translation have “Mephibaal.” In 1 Chronicles 8.34 and 9.40 he is called “Meribbaal.” See the note on “baal” and “bosheth” at 2.8.
- 4.4 Saul … died: See 1 Samuel 31.1-6.
2 Samuel 4:3-5
New International Version
2 Samuel 4:3-5
New International Version
3 because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim(A) and have resided there as foreigners to this day.
4 (Jonathan(B) son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news(C) about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled.(D) His name was Mephibosheth.)(E)
5 Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth,(F) and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.(G)
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