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2 Samuel 4:4-6
Legacy Standard Bible
2 Samuel 4:4-6
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Now (A)Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the (B)report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame. And his name was [a](C)Mephibosheth.
5 So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went forth and came to the house of (D)Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day while he was taking his midday rest. 6 [b]They came to the middle of the house as [c]if to get wheat, and (E)they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
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- 2 Samuel 4:4 Merib-baal
- 2 Samuel 4:6 Lit And here
- 2 Samuel 4:6 Lit takers of wheat
2 Samuel 4:4-6
New International Version
2 Samuel 4:4-6
New International Version
4 (Jonathan(A) son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news(B) 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.(C) His name was Mephibosheth.)(D)
5 Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth,(E) and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.(F) 6 They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed(G) him in the stomach. Then Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
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