2 Samuel 4:2

Easy To Read Version

Two men went to see to Saul’s son (Ish Bosheth). These two men were captains in the army. They were Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth. {(They were Benjamites because the town Beeroth belonged to the family group of Benjamin.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:37

Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai from Beeroth (Naharai carried the armor for Joab son of Zeruiah);

2 Samuel 3:22

Joab and David’s officers came back from battle. They had many valuable things that they had taken from the enemy. David had just let Abner leave in peace. So Abner was not there in Hebron with David.

2 Samuel 4:5

Recab and Baanah, sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, went to Ish Bosheth’s house at noon. Ish Bosheth was resting because it was hot.

2 Samuel 4:9

But David told Recab and his brother Baanah, “As sure as the Lord is alive, he has saved me from all trouble.

2 Kings 5:2

The Aramean army sent many groups of soldiers to fight in Israel. {The soldiers took people to be their slaves.} One time they took a little girl from the land of Israel. This little girl became a servant of Naaman’s wife.

2 Kings 6:23

The king of Israel prepared much food for the Aramean army. The Aramean army ate and drank. Then the king of Israel sent the Aramean army back home. The Aramean army went home to their master. The Arameans did not send any more soldiers into the land of Israel to make raids.

Joshua 18:25

The family group of Benjamin also got Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Joshua 18:26

Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

Joshua 9:17

So the people of Israel went to the place where those men lived. On the third day the people of Israel came to the cities of Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.