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Themes in 2 Samuel 4

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Themes in 2 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 4:1 (show verse)

When [Ishbosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

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[Ishbosheth], Saul's son, [had] two men who were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:

Baanah » Captain » Ish-bosheth's army
Beeroth » A city » A city of the hivites
Rimmon » Father of the murderers of ish-bosheth

2 Samuel 4:3 (show verse)

and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).

Gittaim » A place of which little is known

2 Samuel 4:4 (show verse)

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The lame prince
Children » Nurses for
Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Lameness
Jezreel » A valley » Place of the defeat of the israelites under saul and jonathan
Jonathan » Son of saul » Son of, cared for by david
Mephibosheth » General references to
Mephibosheth » A type of the redeemed sinner » Belonged to a royal line, but made a cripple by a fall
Mephibosheth » Son of jonathan » Was lame
Mephibosheth » Son of jonathan
Nurse » Careless

2 Samuel 4:5 (show verse)

The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

Assassination » Instances of » Ish-bosheth, by the sons of rimmon
Baanah » Captain » Ish-bosheth's army
Beds » Used for » Reclining on by day
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Rechab and baanah
Ish-bosheth » Assassinated
Murder » Exemplified » Rechab
Rechab » Son of rimmon » Murders ish-bosheth, son of saul; put to death by david
Regicide » Of ish-bosheth
Rimmon » Father of the murderers of ish-bosheth

2 Samuel 4:6 (show verse)

They came there into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

Assassination » Instances of » Ish-bosheth, by the sons of rimmon
Baanah » Captain » Ish-bosheth's army
Crimes » Assassination
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Rechab and baanah
Ish-bosheth » Assassinated
Murder » Exemplified » Rechab
Rechab » Son of rimmon » Murders ish-bosheth, son of saul; put to death by david
Regicide » Of ish-bosheth
The Nation » Crimes Against » Assassination
Treachery » Of baanah and rechab

2 Samuel 4:7 (show verse)

Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

Assassination » Instances of » Ish-bosheth, by the sons of rimmon
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Rechab and baanah
Ish-bosheth » Assassinated
Murder » Exemplified » Rechab
Rechab » Son of rimmon » Murders ish-bosheth, son of saul; put to death by david
Regicide » Of ish-bosheth

2 Samuel 4:8 (show verse)

They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, "Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed."

Homicide » Instances of felonious » Rechab and baanah
Ish-bosheth » Assassinated
Rechab » Son of rimmon » Murders ish-bosheth, son of saul; put to death by david
Regicide » Of ish-bosheth

2 Samuel 4:9 (show verse)

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,

Assassination » David's abhorrence of
Baanah » Captain » Ish-bosheth's army
Government » Monarchical » By david
Ish-bosheth » Avenged by david
Kings » Often exercised power arbitrarily
Rechab » Son of rimmon » Murders ish-bosheth, son of saul; put to death by david
Religious zeal » In punishing evil people » David
Rimmon » Father of the murderers of ish-bosheth

2 Samuel 4:10 (show verse)

when someone told me, 'Behold, Saul is dead,' thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

Assassination » David's abhorrence of
Government » Monarchical » By david
Ish-bosheth » Avenged by david
Kings » Often exercised power arbitrarily
Rechab » Son of rimmon » Murders ish-bosheth, son of saul; put to death by david
Religious zeal » In punishing evil people » David

2 Samuel 4:11 (show verse)

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"

Assassination » David's abhorrence of
Government » Monarchical » By david
Homicide » Instances of the punishment of murderers » The murderer of ish-bosheth
Ish-bosheth » Avenged by david
Kings » Often exercised power arbitrarily
Rechab » Son of rimmon » Murders ish-bosheth, son of saul; put to death by david
Religious zeal » In punishing evil people » David

2 Samuel 4:12 (show verse)

David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

Assassination » David's abhorrence of
Body » Mutilation of
Feet » Of enemies often maimed and cut off
Government » Monarchical » By david
hands » Criminals often » Deprived of
Hanging » Capital punishment by
Hebron » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, south of jerusalem » The conspirators against ish-bosheth hanged at
Hebron » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, south of jerusalem » The burial place of ish-bosheth
Hebron » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, south of jerusalem » Pool of
Homicide » Instances of the punishment of murderers » The murderer of ish-bosheth
Ish-bosheth » Avenged by david
Kings » Often exercised power arbitrarily
Mutilation » Of the body, general references to
Pools and ponds » Mentioned in scripture » Hebron
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Cutting off hands and feet
Rechab » Son of rimmon » Murders ish-bosheth, son of saul; put to death by david
Religious zeal » In punishing evil people » David