2 Samuel 4:9

Then David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, [As] Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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,

In Context

8And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, thine enemy who sought thy life; and Jehovah has given to my lord the king to be avenged this day of Saul and of his seed.

10when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead! and he was in his own sight a messenger of good, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag to whom forsooth I should give a reward for his good tidings:

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:24And behold, as thy life was highly esteemed this day in mine eyes, so let my life be highly esteemed in the eyes of Jehovah, that he may deliver me out of all distress.

Psalms 31:5Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, [thou] God of truth.

Psalms 34:17[The righteous] cry, and Jehovah heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalms 71:23My lips shall exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Psalms 106:10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood with [me], and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all [those of] the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth.

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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