2 Samuel 4:12

Contextual Overview

⁹ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, ⁹ But David said to Recab and Baanah, "The Lord , who saves me from all my enemies, is my witness. ⁹ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, ⁹ David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon of Beeroth, "As surely as the Lord lives, he has saved me from all trouble! ⁹ David replied to Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered my life from all adversity, ⁹ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, [As] the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, ⁹ David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, ⁹David replied to Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every adversity, ⁹ But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity, ⁹ Forsothe Dauid answeride to Rechab, and Baana, his brother, the sones of Remmon of Beroth, and seide to hem, The Lord lyueth, that delyueride my lijf fro al angwisch;

Bible Verse Review
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slew them: 2 Samuel 1:15, Psalms 55:23, Matthew 7:2

hanged: 2 Samuel 21:9, Deuteronomy 21:22, Deuteronomy 21:23

in the sepulchre: 2 Samuel 3:32

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:14 - buried 1 Kings 2:25 - he fell 1 Chronicles 8:33 - Eshbaal Lamentations 1:6 - all

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground,

Genesis 4:3
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Yahweh.

Genesis 4:3
Later, Cain brought some food from the ground as a gift to God.

Genesis 4:3
At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord .

Genesis 4:3
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD.

Genesis 4:3
As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.

Genesis 4:3
And in the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground.

Genesis 4:3
Sotheli it was don after many daies, that Cayn offride yiftis to the Lord of the fruytis of erthe;

Genesis 4:3
And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;

Genesis 4:3
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them,.... He ordered some of his guards about him to fall on them, and put them to death; and they accordingly did:

and cut off their hands and their feet; their hands, which had smote Ishbosheth, and cut off his head; and their feet, which had been swift to shed his blood, and made haste to bring his head so many miles to David; this was what the Jews call measure for measure:

and hanged [them] up over the pool in Hebron; not their hands and their feet, but the trunks of their bodies, thus mutilated; so Theodoret; though others think their hands and their feet were hung up, and not their bodies, because dead bodies were not to hang upon the tree more than a day; they were hung up over the fish pool in Hebron, because a public place, and where they were the more exposed to their shame, and the terror of others:

but they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried [it] in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron; by order of David no doubt, who it seems had made, or ordered to be made, a sepulchre, for Abner, see 2 Samuel 3:38; all which David did to show his regard to the family of Saul, his abhorrence of such execrable murders, and to remove all suspicion of his being concerned in them, and to conciliate the minds of the Israelites to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cut off their hands ... - After they were dead. Their hands and feet were hung up in a place of public resort, both to deter others and also to let all Israel know that David was not privy to the murder of Ish-bosheth.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 4:12. And they slew them — None ever more richly deserved death; and by this act of justice, David showed to all Israel that he was a decided enemy to the destruction of Saul's family; and that none could lift up their hands against any of them without meeting with condign punishment. In all these cases I know not that it was possible for David to show more sincerity, or a stricter regard for justice.