2 Samuel 4:5

1 Kings 16:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3-7; 2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Chronicles 25:27; 2 Chronicles 33:24; 2 Samuel 11:2; Proverbs 24:33; Proverbs 24:34

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lay on a bed at noon - Render, “was taking his midday rest,” according to the custom of hot countries.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It was clear that Ishbaal's authority could not long survive Abner. It was only a question who should carry out the schemes which Abner had set on fo...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at no...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed a...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Murder of Ish-bosheth 2, 3. Beeroth was near Gibeon. The object of this note is to explain how the Beerothites came to be Benjamites. Properly...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Who lay on a bed at noon ] rather, 'and he was taking his noon-tide rest,' or siesta.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who lay on a bed at noon — according to the custom in hot countries of taking a siesta at midday. Ish-bosheth’s bed was, of course, in the cooles...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V. ASSASSINATION OF ABNER AND ISHBOSHETH. 2 Samuel 3:22-39 ; 2 Samuel 4:1-12 IT is quite possible that, in treating with Abner, Davi...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

another Treacherous Deed and Its Penalty 2 Samuel 4:1-12 Abner's death rendered hopeless the cause of Ish-bosheth. Two captains incurred lastin...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again we have the story of a murder unjustifiable and cruel, prompted solely by the hope of gaining favor with David. Once again the king made it per...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And 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 a Be...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah , went ,.... From Gittaim, where they were sojourners, 2 Samuel 4:3 ; or from the army,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at no...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Who lay on a bed at noon As the manner was, and still continues to be, in hot countries. As though they would have fetched wheat Which was laid...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Abner's death left Ish-bosheth helpless, and all Israel in a state of troubled perplexity (v.1). Two men, however, who were captains of bands in Ish-...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ish-bosheth Slain by His Servants. B. C. 1048....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either from discontent of mind, as Ahab did, 1 Kings 21:4 ; or from sloth and sensuality, as David seems to have done, 2 Samuel 11:2 .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul's Legitimate Successors Are Rendered Incapable Of Kingship. Mephi-bosheth, Jonathan's Son, Becomes Lame And Ish-bosheth, Saul's Remaining Son,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 4:1 . “His hands were feeble,” literally “his hands slackened,” i.e. , “he lost the power and courage...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 4:12 . David slew them. What a glory to Israel to have a king clothed with justice: a righteous monarch makes a righteous nation. This ac...
The Biblical Illustrator

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab, and Baanah. The death of Ishbosheth I. The motives that induced those two traitors to murder Ish...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 4:1 When Saul's son heard that Abner was dead . The news of Abner's death must have had a doubly depressing effect upo...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ishbosheth Murdered
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the sons of Rimmon, the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at no...

⁵ And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 4:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 4:5