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2 Samuel 4:3

Gittaim

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

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:

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

4 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.

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

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BSB
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
KJV
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
WEB
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until today).
ASV
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).
DARBY
And the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
BLB
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and they have been there sojourning until this day.
ÅB
be'erotittene var flyktet til Gitta'im, og der har de holdt til helt til denne dag.
OTB
og Beerotittene flyktet til Gittajim og har bodd der som fremmede til denne dag).
B1930
be'erotittene var flyktet til Gitta'im, og der har de holdt til helt til denne dag.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 11:33

    Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

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  • 1 Samuel 31:7

    And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side 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.

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