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2 Samuel 4

2 Sam. 4:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when Saul’s
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
that Abner
'Abner (Hebrew #74)
from 1 and 5216; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite
KJV usage: Abner.
Pronounce: ab-nare'
Origin: or (fully) nAbiyner {ab-ee-nare'}
was dead
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
in Hebron
Chebrown (Hebrew #2275)
seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Hebron.
Pronounce: kheb-rone'
Origin: from 2267
, his hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
n were feeble
raphah (Hebrew #7503)
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and all the Israelites
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
were troubled
bahal (Hebrew #926)
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
KJV usage: be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: baw-hal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ezra 4:4• 4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, (Ezra 4:4)
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Isa. 13:7• 7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: (Isa. 13:7)
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Matt. 2:3• 3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. (Matt. 2:3)

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Abner,
Hebron,
Israelites,
Saul,
Son

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1:  The Israelites being troubled at the death of Abner,
2-8:  Baanah and Rechab slay Ish-bosheth, and bring his head to Hebron.
9-12:  David causes them to be slain, and Ish-bosheth's head to be buried.
his hands.
2 Sam. 17:2• 2And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: (2 Sam. 17:2)
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Ezra 4:4• 4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, (Ezra 4:4)
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Neh. 6:9• 9For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. (Neh. 6:9)
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Isa. 13:7• 7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: (Isa. 13:7)
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Isa. 35:3• 3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. (Isa. 35:3)
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Jer. 6:24• 24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. (Jer. 6:24)
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Jer. 50:43• 43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. (Jer. 50:43)
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Zeph. 3:16• 16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. (Zeph. 3:16)
and all.
Matt. 2:2‑3• 2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
 3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. (Matt. 2:2‑3)
• The son of Saul had "a great man" to support his throne, and everything collapsed when this support failed him. Such was not the case with David. Experience had led him to know the value of man and the value of God. (“Ishbosheth: 2 Samuel 4” by H.L. Rossier)
• At Ziklag David in anguish "strengthened himself in Jehovah his God" (1 Sam. 30:6). Ishbosheth did not know this resource. In those happy days when God's favor gives stability and strength to our mountain we must carefully and daily seek the true source of our strength. (“Ishbosheth: 2 Samuel 4” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were enfeebled, and all Israel was troubled.