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Christian Standard Bible ®

2 Samuel 4:3

and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and still reside there as aliens today.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gittaim;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Baanah and Rechab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gittaim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bannah;   Beeroth;   Gittaim;   Rimmon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alien;   Beeroth;   Court Systems;   Gittaim;   Ish-Bosheth;   Rechab;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beeroth;   Gittaim;   Rechab, Rechabites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baanah ;   Beeroth ;   Gittaim ;   Rechab ;   Rimmon ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Git'tites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gittaim;   Rechab;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beeroth;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and the Be'erotites fled to Gittayim, and have been sojourners there until this day).
King James Version
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
Lexham English Bible
The Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and they are resident aliens there until this day.
English Standard Version
the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there to this day).
New Century Version
The people of Beeroth ran away to Gittaim, and they still live there as foreigners today.)
New English Translation
for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.)
Amplified Bible
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been resident aliens there to this day).
New American Standard Bible
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as strangers until this day).
Geneva Bible (1587)
Because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and soiourned there, vnto this day).
Legacy Standard Bible
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there until this day).
Contemporary English Version
The people who used to live in Beeroth had run away to Gittaim, and they still live there.
Complete Jewish Bible
even though the Be'erotim fled to Gittayim and have lived as foreigners there to this day).
Darby Translation
And the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
Easy-to-Read Version
But all the people in Beeroth ran away to Gittaim, and they are still living there today.)
George Lamsa Translation
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and are sojourners there until this day).
Good News Translation
Its original inhabitants had fled to Gittaim, where they have lived ever since.)
Literal Translation
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and are aliens there to this day.)
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the Berothites were fled vnto Gethaim, & were straugers there vnto this daye.
American Standard Version
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).
Bible in Basic English
But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these Berothites fled to Githaim, and soiourned there vntill this day)
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day.
King James Version (1611)
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were soiourners there vntill this day.)
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Berothites ran away to Gethaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
English Revised Version
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day.)
Berean Standard Bible
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and live there as foreigners to this very day).
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And men of Beroth fledden in to Gethaym; and thei weren comelyngis there `til to that tyme.
Young's Literal Translation
and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day.
Update Bible Version
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).
Webster's Bible Translation
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day.)
World English Bible
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).
New King James Version
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there until this day.)
New Living Translation
because the original people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim, where they still live as foreigners.
New Life Bible
The people of Beeroth ran to Gittaim, and have been strangers there to this day.)
New Revised Standard
(Now the people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim and are there as resident aliens to this day).
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, - and have been sojourners there, until this day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were sojourners there until that time.
Revised Standard Version
the Be-er'othites fled to Gitta'im, and have been sojourners there to this day).
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been aliens there until this day).

Contextual Overview

1When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he gave up, and all Israel was dismayed. 2Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties: one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the Benjaminites. Beeroth is also considered part of Benjamin, 3and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and still reside there as aliens today.4Saul’s son Jonathan had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nanny picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth. 5Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at Ish-bosheth’s house during the heat of the day while the king was taking his midday nap. 6They entered the interior of the house as if to get wheat and stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped. 7They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom and stabbed and killed him. They removed his head, took it, and traveled by way of the Arabah all night. 8They brought Ish-bosheth’s head to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here’s the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who intended to take your life. Today the Lord has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 31:7, Nehemiah 11:33

Reciprocal: Joshua 4:9 - and they are there 2 Samuel 6:10 - Gittite 1 Chronicles 13:13 - the Gittite

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
The man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.”
Genesis 4:11
So now you are cursed, alienated from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.
Numbers 18:12
I am giving you all the best of the fresh oil, new wine, and grain, which the Israelites give to the Lord as their firstfruits.
1 Kings 17:7
After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Nehemiah 13:6
While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. It was only later that I asked the king for a leave of absence

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until that day. At the death of Saul, when many of the Israelites deserted their cities, and left them to the Philistines, 1 Samuel 31:7; and so the inhabitants of Beeroth forsook their city, which was near the Philistines, and went to Gittaim, a city in the same tribe, though a little further off, see Nehemiah 11:33.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 4:3. The Beerothites fled to Gittaim — Probably the same as Gath; as Ramathaim is the same as Ramah.


 
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