King James Version
2 Samuel 4:3 in the King James Version says “And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)”
2 Samuel 4:3 · KJV
And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
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 Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin: other: Heb. second
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
And 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. Mephibosheth: or, Meribbaal
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.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and were sojourners”
H1481properly, 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);
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“there until this day”
H3117a 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 asso
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