2 Samuel 4:3 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 4:3

because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.

BSB

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ASV

and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).

KJV

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until that day. At the death of Saul, when many of the Israelites deserted their cities, and left them to the Philistines, 1Sa 31:7; and so the inhabitants of Beeroth forsook their city, which was near the Philistines, and went to Gittaim, a city in the same tribe, though a little further off, see Neh 11:33.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There the Beerothites were when this was written, and probably took root there, and never returned to Beeroth again, which made Beeroth, that had been one of the cities of the Gibeonites ( Josh. ix. 17 ), to be forgotten, and Gittaim to be famous long after, as we find, Neh. xi. How the murder was committed,

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּבְרְח֥וּ	vai.yiv.re.Chu	and they fled	H1272 →
הַבְּאֵרֹתִ֖ים	ha.be.'e.ro.Tim	the Beerothites	H886 →
גִּתָּ֑יְמָה	gi.Ta.ye.mah	Gittaim towards	H1664 →
וַֽיִּהְיוּ־	vai.yih.yu-	and they have been	H1961 →
שָׁ֣ם	sham	there	H8033 →
גָּרִ֔ים	ga.Rim	sojourners	H1481 →
עַ֖ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
הַיּ֥וֹם	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ ס	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 31:7
When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their…
leads to
- Leviticus 26:36
  As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…
- Deuteronomy 28:33
  A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
- 1 Samuel 13:6
  Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
- Judges 6:2
  and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
- Leviticus 26:32
  And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
Through
Nehemiah 11:33
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
leads to
- Joshua 18:25
  Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
- Matthew 2:18
  “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- 1 Samuel 7:17
  Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

06About 2 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About 2 Samuel