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2 Samuel 4:3-5
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 Samuel 4:3-5
Evangelical Heritage Version
3 The Be’erothites fled to Gittaim. They have lived there as aliens until the present time.)
4 Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son with crippled feet. This son had been five years old when the report had come from Jezre’el about Saul and Jonathan. His caregiver picked him up and fled. While she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became crippled. His name was Mephibosheth.[a]
5 Ba’anah and Rekab, the sons of Rimmon from Be’eroth, went out during the heat of the day and came to the house of Ishbosheth while he was lying down for his midday rest.
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- 2 Samuel 4:4 His name was originally Meribbaal or Memphibaal, but the books of Samuel substitute -bosheth, which means shame, for -baal in personal names. See 1 Chronicles 8:33-34.
2 Samuel 4:3-5
New International Version
2 Samuel 4:3-5
New International Version
3 because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim(A) and have resided there as foreigners to this day.
4 (Jonathan(B) son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news(C) 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.(D) His name was Mephibosheth.)(E)
5 Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth,(F) and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.(G)
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