2 Samuel 4:1

וַיִּשְׁמַע בֶּן ־ שָׁאוּל כִּי מֵת אַבְנֵר בְּחֶבְרוֹן וַיִּרְפּוּ יָדָיו וְכָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל נִבְהָֽלוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

In Context

2וּשְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים שָׂרֵֽי ־ גְדוּדִים הָיוּ בֶן ־ שָׁאוּל שֵׁם הָאֶחָד בַּֽעֲנָה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִי רֵכָב בְּנֵי רִמּוֹן הַבְּאֶֽרֹתִי מִבְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן כִּי גַּם ־ בְּאֵרוֹת תֵּחָשֵׁב עַל ־ בִּנְיָמִֽן ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:2וְאָבוֹא עָלָיו וְהוּא יָגֵעַ וּרְפֵה יָדַיִם וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּי אֹתוֹ וְנָס כָּל ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר ־ אִתּוֹ וְהִכֵּיתִי אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ לְבַדּֽוֹ ׃

Nehemiah 6:9כִּי כֻלָּם מְיָֽרְאִים אוֹתָנוּ לֵאמֹר יִרְפּוּ יְדֵיהֶם מִן ־ הַמְּלָאכָה וְלֹא תֵעָשֶׂה וְעַתָּה חַזֵּק אֶת ־ יָדָֽי ׃

Isaiah 35:3חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת אַמֵּֽצוּ ׃

Jeremiah 50:43שָׁמַע מֶֽלֶךְ ־ בָּבֶל אֶת ־ שִׁמְעָם וְרָפוּ יָדָיו צָרָה הֶחֱזִיקַתְהוּ חִיל כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 4:1

When Abner was slain David was at a loss for a friend to perfect the reduction of those tribes that were yet in Ish-bosheth's interest. Which way to adopt for the accomplishment of it he could not tell; but here Providence brings it about by the removal of Ish-bosheth. I. Two of his own servants slew him, and brought his head to David, ver. 1-8 . II. David, instead of rewarding them, put them to death for what they had done, ver. 9-12 . Read the whole commentary →

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