2 Samuel 4:9

And David answered and Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them, As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all affliction;

LXX2012 (US English)

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 Jebosthe to David to Chebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Jebosthe the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the Lord has + 4:8 Gr. given. executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as it is this day: even on Saul your enemy, and on his seed.

10he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing glad tidings before me: but I seized him and killed him in Sekelac, to whom I ought, as he thought, to have given a reward for his tidings.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:24And, behold, as your life has been + 26:24 Gr. magnified. precious this very day in my eyes, so let my life be + 26:24 Gr. magnified. precious before the Lord, and may he protect me, and + 26:24 Gr. shall deliver. deliver me out of all affliction.

Psalms 31:5I acknowledged my sin, and hid not my iniquity: I said, I will confess my iniquity to the Lord against myself; and you forgave the ungodliness of my heart. Pause. 1

Psalms 34:17O Lord, when will you look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, my only-begotten one from the lions. 1

Psalms 106:10even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron; 1

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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