2 Samuel 4:7
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber , and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron,.... Supposing it would have been a very acceptable present to him:
and said to the king, behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul…
Here is, I. The weakness of Saul's house. Still it grew weaker and weaker. 1. As for Ishbosheth, who was in possession of the throne, his hands were feeble, Sa2 4:1. All the strength they ever had was…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
through the plain By the way of the Arabah. See note on ch. 2Sa 2:29. From Mahanaim to Hebron was a distance of about 80 or 90 miles.
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