1 Καὶ ἤκουσεν Ἰεβοσθὲ υἱὸς Σαοὺλ, ὅτι τέθνηκεν Ἀβεννὴρ υἱὸς Νὴρ ἐν Χεβρὼν, καὶ ἐξελύθησαν αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰσραὴλ παρείθησαν. 2 Καὶ δύο ἄνδρες ἡγούμενοι συστρεμμάτων τῷ Ἰεβοσθὲ υἱῷ Σαούλ· ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ Βαανὰ, καὶ ὄνομα τῷ δευτέρῳ Ῥηχὰβ, υἱοὶ Ῥεμμὼν τοῦ Βηρωθαίου ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βενιαμίν· ὅτι Βηρὼθ ἐλογίζετο τοῖς υἱοῖς Βενιαμίν· 3 Καὶ ἀπέδρασαν οἱ Βηρωθαῖοι εἰς Γεθαὶμ, καὶ ἦσαν ἐκεῖ παροικοῦντες ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. 4 Καὶ τῷ Ἰωνάθαν υἱῷ Σαοὺλ υἱὸς πεπληγὼς τοὺς πόδας υἱὸς ἐτῶν πέντε, καὶ οὗτος ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν τὴν ἀγγελίαν Σαοὺλ καὶ Ἰωνάθαν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐξ Ἰεζραὴλ, καὶ ᾖρεν αὐτὸν ἡ τιθηνὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔφυγε· καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ σπεύδειν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀναχωρεῖν, καὶ ἔπεσε καὶ ἐχωλάνθη, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Μεμφιβοσθέ. 5 Καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν υἱοὶ Ῥεμμὼν τοῦ Βηρωθαίου Ῥηχὰβ καὶ Βαανὰ, καὶ εἰσῆλθον εν τῷ καύματι τῆς ἡμέρας εἰς οἶκον Ἰεβοσθὲ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκάθευδεν ἐν τῇ κοίτῃ τῆς μεσημβρίας. 6 Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ θυρωρὸς τοῦ οἴκου ἐκάθαιρε πυροὺς, καὶ ἐνύσταξε καὶ ἐκάθευδε· καὶ Ῥηχὰβ καὶ Βαανὰ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ διέλαθον, 7 καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκον· καὶ Ἰεβοσθὲ ἐκάθευδεν ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κοιτῶνι αὐτοῦ· καὶ τύπτουσιν αὐτὸν, καὶ θανατοῦσιν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀφαιροῦσι τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔλαβον τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπῆλθον ὁδὸν τὴν κατὰ δυσμὰς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα. 8 Καὶ ἤνεγκαν τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἰεβοσθὲ τῷ Δαυὶδ εἰς Χεβρὼν, καὶ εἶπον πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, ἰδοὺ ἡ κεφαλὴ Ἰεβοσθὲ υἱοῦ Σαοὺλ τοῦ ἐχθροῦ σου, ὃς ἐζήτει τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ ἔδωκε Κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ βασιλεῖ ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη, ἐκ Σαοὺλ τοῦ ἐχθροῦ σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτοῦ. 9 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Δαυὶδ τῷ Ῥηχὰβ καὶ τῷ Βαανὰ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ υἱοῖς Ῥεμμὼν τοῦ Βηρωθαίου, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ζῇ Κύριος, ὃς ἐλυτρώσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ πάσης θλίψεως, ὅτι ὁ ἀπαγγείλας μοι ὅτι τέθνηκε Σαοὺλ, 10 καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ὡς εὐαγγελιζόμενος ἐνώπιόν μου, καὶ κατέσχον αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπέκτεινα αὐτὸν ἐν Σεκελὰκ, ᾧ ἔδει με δοῦναι εὐαγγέλια. 11 Καὶ νῦν ἄνδρες πονηροὶ ἀπεκτάγκασιν ἄνδρα δίκαιον ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς κοίτης αὐτοῦ· καὶ νῦν ἐκζητήσω τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐκ χειρὸς ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσω ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῆς γῆς. 12 Καὶ ἐνετείλατο Δαυὶδ τοῖς παιδαρίοις αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀποκτείνουσιν αὐτούς, καὶ κολοβοῦσι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκρέμασαν αὐτοὺς ἐπι τῆς κρήνης ἐν Χεβρὼν, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἰεβοσθὲ ἔθαψαν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ Ἀβεννὴρ υἱοῦ Νήρ.
2 Samuel · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
2 Samuel 4 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Baanah
A leader of raiding parties under Ish-bosheth who, with his brother Rechab, stabbed Ish-bosheth in his bed and brought his head to David, and whom David had killed.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 4:5; 2 Samuel 4:6
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Ish-bosheth
Saul's son who briefly reigned over the northern tribes in rivalry with David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 2:8-10; 2 Samuel 4
Mephibosheth
Jonathan's son, lamed as a child, whom David honored at his own table for his father's sake.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9
Rechab
A leader of raiding parties under Ish-bosheth who, with his brother Baanah, stabbed Ish-bosheth in his bed and brought his head to David, and whom David had killed.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 4:5; 2 Samuel 4:6
Rimmon
A Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin, named as the father of Baanah and Rechab, who murdered Ish-bosheth.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 4:9
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezra 4:4; Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 6:24; 2 Samuel 17:2; Isaiah 35:3
- 2 Joshua 18:25; Joshua 9:17; 2 Samuel 3:22; 2 Kings 5:2; 2 Kings 6:23
- 3 Nehemiah 11:33; 1 Samuel 31:7
- 4 2 Samuel 9:3; 2 Samuel 9:6; 1 Chronicles 9:40; 1 Samuel 29:11; 1 Chronicles 8:34
- 5 Proverbs 24:33–34; 1 Thessalonians 5:3–7; 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 2:8; 1 Kings 16:9
- 6 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 3:27
- 7 Mark 6:28–29; 1 Samuel 31:9; 2 Samuel 2:29; 1 Samuel 17:54; 2 Kings 10:6–7
- 8 1 Samuel 25:29; 2 Samuel 22:48; 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 19:15
- 9 1 Kings 1:29; Genesis 48:16; Psalm 107:2; Psalm 34:6–7; Psalm 103:4
- 10 2 Samuel 1:2–16
- 11 Psalm 9:12; Proverbs 2:22; Genesis 9:5–6; Numbers 35:31–34; Habakkuk 1:4
- 12 2 Samuel 3:32; 2 Samuel 1:15; Psalm 55:23; 2 Samuel 21:9; Deuteronomy 21:22–23
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