2 Samuel 4:6

וְהֵנָּה בָּאוּ עַד ־ תּוֹךְ הַבַּיִת לֹקְחֵי חִטִּים וַיַּכֻּהוּ אֶל ־ הַחֹמֶשׁ וְרֵכָב וּבַעֲנָה אָחִיו נִמְלָֽטוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5וַיֵּלְכוּ בְּנֵֽי ־ רִמּוֹן הַבְּאֵֽרֹתִי רֵכָב וּבַעֲנָה וַיָּבֹאוּ כְּחֹם הַיּוֹם אֶל ־ בֵּית אִישׁ בֹּשֶׁת וְהוּא שֹׁכֵב אֵת מִשְׁכַּב הַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם ׃

7וַיָּבֹאוּ הַבַּיִת וְהֽוּא ־ שֹׁכֵב עַל ־ מִטָּתוֹ בַּחֲדַר מִשְׁכָּבוֹ וַיַּכֻּהוּ וַיְמִתֻהוּ וַיָּסִירוּ אֶת ־ רֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת ־ רֹאשׁוֹ וַיֵּֽלְכוּ דֶּרֶךְ הָעֲרָבָה כָּל ־ הַלָּֽיְלָה ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:23וַיְמָאֵן לָסוּר וַיַּכֵּהוּ אַבְנֵר בְּאַחֲרֵי הַחֲנִית אֶל ־ הַחֹמֶשׁ וַתֵּצֵא הַֽחֲנִית מֵאַחֲרָיו וַיִּפָּל ־ שָׁם וַיָּמָת תחתו וַיְהִי כָּל ־ הַבָּא אֶֽל ־ הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר ־ נָפַל שָׁם עֲשָׂהאֵל וַיָּמֹת וַֽיַּעֲמֹֽדוּ ׃

2 Samuel 20:10וַעֲמָשָׂא לֹֽא ־ נִשְׁמַר בַּחֶרֶב ׀ אֲשֶׁר בְּיַד ־ יוֹאָב וַיַּכֵּהוּ בָהּ אֶל ־ הַחֹמֶשׁ וַיִּשְׁפֹּךְ מֵעָיו אַרְצָה וְלֹא ־ שָׁנָה לוֹ וַיָּמֹת ס וְיוֹאָב וַאֲבִישַׁי אָחִיו רָדַף אַחֲרֵי שֶׁבַע בֶּן ־ בִּכְרִֽי ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 4:2-9

Ish-bosheth Slain by His Servants. ( b. c. 1048.) 1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin: 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) 4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son… Read the whole commentary →

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