旧约 - 撒母耳记下(2 Samuel)第4章

When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed.
Now Saul's son had two men who were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Recab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin--Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have lived there as aliens to this day.
(Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became crippled. His name was Mephibosheth.)
Now Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.
They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to take your life. This day the LORD has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring."
David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of all trouble,
when a man told me, 'Saul is dead,' and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!
How much more--when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed--should I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!"
So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner's tomb at Hebron.
撒母耳记下第四章   第 4 章 

  撒下 4:1> 恐惧的临到,能让全身失去力量;在恐惧侵袭时,可以靠着什么面对? 

  4:1 伊施波设是靠别人(押尼珥)壮胆的人。他没有仰赖神,押尼珥一死,他就一无所有了。他遭遇危机、受到压力,就被恐惧吓倒。恐惧能使我们瘫痪,惟有信心与倚靠神能胜过惧怕(参提后 1:6-8 ;来 13:6 )。只要信靠神,就能放胆地克服身边的困难。 

  撒下 4:4> 米非波设是个怎样的人? 

  4:4 有关米非波设的其余事迹,可参阅 9 章; 16 章 1 至 4 及 19 章 24 至 30 节。 

  撒下 4:11> 义人是指伊施波设吗?如何理解? 

  4:11 大卫称伊施波设为“义人”。他既是扫罗的儿子,想承袭王位也是理所当然的。他想作王并不是错,只是生性软弱,不能抵挡不义和罪行。大卫知道他不是统一全以色列的领袖,所以无意杀害他。神既应许将国度赐给大卫,他就深知神必成全自己的应许。 

  大卫听到伊施波设的死讯,就甚恼怒,他从来没有伤害过扫罗,更认为暗杀乃是懦夫的做法。他想统一以色列,但不想在自己的臣仆与伊施波设的军兵之间,种下永不磨灭的芥蒂。为了表明自己与除灭扫罗王族丝毫无关,于是下令处死杀害伊施波设之人,并将伊施波设的首级厚葬。这时以色列各支派都承认大卫是强大的领导者,立誓向他效忠。毫无疑问,来自非利士人的威胁,加上大卫的军威和成就(参撒上 18:7 ),必定有助于民族的统一。──《灵修版圣经注释》