2 Samuel 4:9

David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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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

8They 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! The LORD has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.”

10when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:24Behold, as your life was respected today in my eyes, so let my life be respected in the LORD’s eyes, and let him deliver me out of all oppression.”

Psalms 31:5Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.

Psalms 34:17The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Psalms 71:23My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!

Psalms 106:10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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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