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2 Samuel 4

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12 verses in KJV · 93 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of 2 Samuel 4 (KJV)

4:1 And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

4:2 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 Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Gad, Nathan, Samuel

Approximate study chronology: c. 1048 BC

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