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2 Samuel 4:5

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Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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, as he took his rest at noon.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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.

This site's exposition

about the heat of the day

on 2 Samuel 4:5-7

The captains walk in as though they would fetch wheat, the ordinary errand that gets two armed men past the door to a sleeping king. Ish-bosheth is struck under the fifth rib, the same wound the narrator gave Asahel falling to Abner's spear at 2:23 and Abner falling to Joab's hand at 3:27, with Amasa struck in the fifth rib at 20:10 the fourth private killing this book measures the same way. Verse 7 adds the detail the confession of verse 8 will need: the captains behead him and carry the head north through the plain all night.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Lay on a bed at noon - Render, “was taking his midday rest,” according to the custom of hot countries.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

Yohanoson, the son of Shaul had. [The verses] continue to recount how the monarchy was stripped from the house of Shaul. He and his sons were killed and this one [Ish Boshes] was killed on his bed and the son of Yohanoson fell and became lame.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Samuel 4:4:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּand they went

    vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] sons of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • רִמּ֤וֹןRimmon

    rimonH7417 →16 times

  • הַבְּאֵֽרֹתִי֙the Beerothite

    habeerotiH886 →5 times

  • רֵכָ֣בRechab

    rekhavH7394 →13 times

  • וּבַעֲנָ֔הand Baanah

    uvaanahH1196 →9 times

  • וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙and they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • כְּחֹ֣םwhen [the] heat of

    kechomH2527 →

  • הַיּ֔וֹםthe day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • בֵּ֖ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • אִ֣ישׁIsh-

    ʾishH378 →22 times

  • בֹּ֑שֶׁתbosheth

    boshetH378 →22 times

  • וְה֣וּאand he

    vehu'H1931 →1879 times

  • שֹׁכֵ֔ב[was] lying

    shokhevH7901 →212 times

  • אֵ֖ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • מִשְׁכַּ֥ב[the] lying of

    mishkavH4904 →46 times

  • הַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃<the> noon<s>

    hatzohorayimH6672 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Proverbs 24:33–34A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,3 works2 Samuel 2:8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,2 works1 Thessalonians 5:3–7While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.2 works2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.2 works1 Kings 16:9However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.2 works2 Chronicles 24:25And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 25:27From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.2 works2 Chronicles 33:24Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 11:2

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 5:28

      But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

    • Psalms 119:37

      Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

    • 1 John 2:16

      For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

    • Job 31:1

      “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

    • Proverbs 6:25

      Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 2:8

    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 14:50

      His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

    • Genesis 32:2

      When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

  • Through

    1 Kings 16:9

    However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 24:2

      So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 4 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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