2 Samuel 4:3
What does 2 Samuel 4:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 4:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were sojourners there until that time.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
Context
v.2And Ish-bosheth, 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 the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:
v.3This passage
v.4Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 31:7
And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
- Nehemiah 11:33
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
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