2 Samuel 4:6 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 4:6

They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

BSB

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ASV

And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

KJV

And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

As though they would have fetched wheat - The king’s stores were probably near his own dwelling; and these men were accustomed to go thither for provisions for themselves, their cattle, and their men. This supposition which is natural, renders unnecessary all the emendations of Houbigant and others.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Fetched wheat - Which was laid up in publick granaries in the king's house, and was fetched thence by the captains and commanders of the army for the pay of their soldiers, who, in those ancient times were not paid in money, but in corn.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְ֠הֵנָּה	Ve.he.nah	and they [fem]	H2007 →
בָּ֜אוּ	Ba.'u	they came	H935 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
תּ֤וֹךְ	Tokh	[the] middle of	H8432 →
הַבַּ֙יִת֙	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
לֹקְחֵ֣י	lo.ke.Chei	taking	H3947 →
חִטִּ֔ים	chi.Tim	<of> wheat<s>	H2406 →
וַיַּכֻּ֖הוּ	vai.ya.Ku.hu	and they struck him	H5221 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַחֹ֑מֶשׁ	ha.Cho.mesh	the belly	H2570 →
וְרֵכָ֛ב	ve.re.Khav	and Rechab	H7394 →
וּבַעֲנָ֥ה	u.va.'a.Nah	and Baanah	H1196 →
אָחִ֖יו	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →
נִמְלָֽטוּ׃	nim.La.tu	they escaped	H4422 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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2 Samuel 2:23
But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 3:27
  When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 20:9–10
  “Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- 1 Kings 2:5
  Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them…
- Deuteronomy 27:24
  ‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 1 Kings 2:32
  The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to…
- 2 Samuel 2:19–23
  and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
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2 Samuel 20:10
Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 2:23
  But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused…
- Judges 3:21
  And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

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