2 Samuel 4:3

Translations

Modern

…because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.

Traditional

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

Literal

…and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and they have been there sojourning until this day.

Latin

Et fugerunt Berothitæ in Gethaim, fueruntque ibi advenæ usque ad tempus illud.

Original

Hebrew

English

…because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.

Notes

2 Samuel 4:2–3

Beeroth was located in Benjamin near Gibeon. The people of Beeroth likely fled to Gittaim because Saul persecuted non-Israelite residents in that region (see 2 Samuel 21:1–9). The location of Gittaim is unknown.

Theme notes and profiles

Abner David

Events

Reign of David

Related verses

Nehemiah 11:33
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
1 Samuel 31:7
When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.

Places

Beeroth: Hivite city, later allotted to Benjamin Gittaim: Town where Beerothites fled; later inhabited by Benjamites

Glossary

Baanah Beeroth Beerothite David Foreigner Gittaim Ishbosheth Mephibosheth Rechab Rimmon (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Gittaim: A Place of Which Little is Known

2 Samuel 4:3

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