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2 Samuel 4

2 Sam. 4:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Beerothites
B'erothiy (Hebrew #886)
a Beerothite or inhabitant of Beeroth
KJV usage: Beerothite.
Pronounce: be-ay-ro-thee'
Origin: patrial from 881
fled
barach (Hebrew #1272)
to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
KJV usage: chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
Pronounce: baw-rakh'
Origin: a primitive root
to Gittaim
Gittayim (Hebrew #1664)
double wine-press; Gittajim, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gittaim.
Pronounce: ghit-tah'-yim
Origin: dual of 1660
q, and were sojourners
guwr (Hebrew #1481)
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, X surely.
Pronounce: goor
Origin: a primitive root
there until this day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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Neh. 11:33• 33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, (Neh. 11:33)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Sam. 31:7• 7And when the men of Israel that were on this side of the valley, and they that were on this side of 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. (1 Sam. 31:7)
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Neh. 11:33• 33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, (Neh. 11:33)
• Beeroth was considered a part of Benjamin (2 Sam. 4:2), the tribe of Saul, David's ardent enemy. (“Ishbosheth: 2 Samuel 4” by H.L. Rossier)
• We may conclude the account of their flight to be anticipatory, and that it did not actually take place until after the judgment which David pronounced on these murderers....This is because these men did not know David. They supposed that the king entertained a desire for vengeance and would seek to satisfy it by holding them jointly liable for the murder committed by two of Beeroth's citizens. If they had known David they would rather have sought refuge with him by entrusting themselves to his grace. Theirs is the attitude of the world toward the Lord Jesus. (“Ishbosheth: 2 Samuel 4” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and were sojournersc there until this day.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "strangers."