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2 Samuel 4:9 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 4 · verse 9 · 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,2 Samuel 4:9 · King James Version
2 Samuel 4:9 in context
7For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
8And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9And 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,
10When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
Key words (Strong's)
- BeerothiteBᵉʼêrôthîya Beerothite or inhabitant of BeerothH886 →
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- RechabRêkâbRekab, the name of two Arabs and of two IsraelitesH7394 →
- BaanahBaʻănâhBaanah, the name of four IsraelitesH1196 →
- RimmonRimmôwnRimmon, the name of a Syrian deity, also of five places in PalestineH7417 →
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