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2 Samuel 4:2
英文原文
Beeroth - See the marginal reference. From Joshua 9:17, it might have been expected that the population of Beeroth would be Canaanite. But from some unknown cause the Canaanite inhabitants of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim - perhaps the same as Gath - and continued there as sojourners. If this flight of the Beerothites took place at the time of Saul's cruel attack upon the Gibeonites 2 Samuel 21:1-2, Baanah and Reehab may have been native Beerothites, and have been instigated to murder the son of Saul by a desire to avenge the blood of their countrymen. The fact of their being reckoned as Benjamites is quite compatible with their being Canaanites by blood.
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2 Samuel 4:4
这里提及米非波设，一部分似乎是要表明随着伊施波设的死，扫罗家的中兴大业已成绝望；另一部分则是为后文对他的记述作铺垫（撒母耳记下 9:1-13；撒母耳记下 16:1-4；撒母耳记下 19:25）。
英文原文
This mention of Mephibosheth seems to be inserted here partly to show that with the death of Ish-bosheth the cause of the house of Saul became hopeless, and partly to prepare the way for the subsequent mention of him 2 Samuel 9:1-13; 2 Samuel 16:1-4; 2 Samuel 19:25.
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2 Samuel 4:5
在床上躺卧于正午——宜按炎热国家的习俗译作“正在午间歇息”。
英文原文
Lay on a bed at noon - Render, "was taking his midday rest," according to the custom of hot countries.
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2 Samuel 4:6
仿佛要取麦子——这是一段非常晦涩的经文，撒母耳记下 4:6-7两次重述弑君与刺客逃脱之事，也难以解释。利甲和巴拿可能是借口为他们的匪帮从王的仓房领取谷物而进入屋内，借机得以接近王的内室；也可能是他们看见为王家运粮的脚夫（专职为王家搬入谷物的人）正要进王宫，便混迹其中，神不知鬼不觉地进了屋子深处。若是后一种意思，这些话按字面直译当为：“看哪（或：在那里），运麦子的人进了屋子中央，他们（即利甲和巴拿）把他杀了”，等等。
英文原文
As though they would have fetched wheat - This is a very obscure passage, and the double repetition in 2 Samuel 4:6-7 of the murder of the king and of the escape of the assassin, is hard to account for. Rechab and Baanah came into the house under the pretence of getting grain, probably for the band which they commanded out of the king's storehouse, and so contrived to get access into the king's chamber; or, they found the wheat-carriers (the persons whose business it was to carry in grain for the king's household) just going into the king's house, and by joining them got into the midst of the house unnoticed. If the latter be the sense, the literal translation of the words would be: "And behold (or, and there) there came into the midst of the house the carriers of wheat, and they (i. e. Rechab and Baanah) smote him, etc."
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2 Samuel 4:12
砍断他们的手……——这是在他们死后行的。他们的手脚被挂在人来人往的公共场所，一是为了警戒他人，二是要让全以色列知道，大卫与杀害伊施波设之事无份。
英文原文
Cut off their hands ... - After they were dead. Their hands and feet were hung up in a place of public resort, both to deter others and also to let all Israel know that David was not privy to the murder of Ish-bosheth.
比录——见边注参考。按 Joshua 9:17，本来会以为比录的居民是迦南人。但因某个不明的原因，比录的迦南居民逃到基他音——也许就是迦特——在那里继续寄居。如果比录人的这次逃亡发生在扫罗残酷攻击基遍人的时候 2 Samuel 21:1-2，那么巴拿和利甲可能是土生的比录人，他们谋杀扫罗之子的动机，也许是为同胞的血复仇。他们被算为便雅悯人这一事实，与他们血统上是迦南人完全可以相容。