2 Samuel 4 · Verse 5

2 Samuel 4:5

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.
2 Samuel 4:5, King James Version

2 Samuel 4:5 in other translations

BSBNow Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.
WEBThe sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth as he took his rest at noon.
ASVAnd the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.
YLTAnd the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, go, and come in at the heat of the day unto the house of Ish-Bosheth, and he is lying down--the lying down of noon;
DARBYAnd the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came in about the heat of the day into the house of Ishbosheth, who was taking his noonday rest.
BBEAnd Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Samuel 4:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 4:5-6
5-6. Rechab and Baanah went and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, &c.--It is still a custom in the East to allow their soldiers a certain quantity of corn, together with some pay; and these two captains very naturally went to the palace the day before to fetch wheat, in order to distribute it to the soldiers, that it might be sent to the mill at the accustomed hour in the morning.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Lay on a bed at noon - It is a custom in all hot countries to travel or work very early and very late, and rest at noonday, in which the heat chiefly prevails.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 4:1-7

See how Ishbosheth was murdered! When those difficulties dispirit us, which should sharpen our endeavours, we betray both our heavenly crowns and our earthly lives. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty and ruin. The idle soul is an easy prey to the destroyer. We know not when and where death will meet us. When we lie down to sleep, we are not sure that we may not sleep the sleep of death before we awake; nor do…

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2 Samuel 4:5 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּvai.Ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] sons ofH1121
רִמּ֤וֹןri.MonRimmonH7417
הַבְּאֵֽרֹתִי֙ha.be.'e.ro.Tithe BeerothiteH886
רֵכָ֣בre.KhavRechabH7394
וּבַעֲנָ֔הu.va.'a.Nahand BaanahH1196
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935
כְּחֹ֣םke.Chomwhen [the] heat ofH2527
הַיּ֔וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בֵּ֖יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אִ֣ישׁ'ishIsh-H378
בֹּ֑שֶׁתBo.shetboshethH378
וְה֣וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
שֹׁכֵ֔בsho.Khev[was] lyingH7901
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
מִשְׁכַּ֥בmish.Kav[the] lying ofH4904
הַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם\׃Ha.tzo.ho.Ra.yim<the> noon<s>H6672

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 4:5

  • Proverbs 24:33-34

    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3-7

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. …

  • 2 Samuel 11:2

    And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

  • 2 Samuel 2:8

    But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

  • 1 Kings 16:9

    And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:27

    Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:25

    And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:24

    And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
went.
2Ch 24:25; 25:27; 33:24
lay on a bed.It is customary, in all hot countries, to travel or work very early and very late, and to rest at noon, at which time the heat most prevails.
11:2; 1Ki 16:9; Pr 24:33,34; 1Th 5:3-7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Samuel 4:4

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 4:5

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 4:6

    And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

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2 Samuel 4:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los hijos pues de Rimmón Beerothita, Rechâb y Baana, fueron y entraron en el mayor calor del día en casa de Is-boseth, el cual estaba durmiendo en su cámara la siesta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les fils de Rimmon, le Beérothien, Récab et Baana, s’en allèrent et vinrent, pendant la chaleur du jour, dans la maison d’Ish-Bosheth; et il était couché pour son repos de midi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Söhne Rimmons, des Beerothiters, Rekab und Baana, gingen hin und kamen um die Hitze des Tages in das Haus Isboseths, während er seine Mittagsruhe hielt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Venientes igitur filii Remmon Berothitæ, Rechab et Baana, ingressi sunt fervente die domum Isboseth: qui dormiebat super stratum suum meridie. Et ostiaria domus purgans triticum, obdormivit.