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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
這裏提及米非波設，看來一部分是要表明：隨着伊施波設的死，掃羅家的事業已再無指望；一部分是要為後文再次提到他鋪路（2 Samuel 9:1-13；2 Samuel 16:1-4；2 Samuel 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
「躺在床上午睡」——應譯作「正在作午間的休息」，這是炎熱地區的習俗。
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
「假裝要取麥子」——這是一段十分晦澀的經文；2 Samuel 4:6-7 兩度重複述及弒王與刺客逃脫之事，難以解釋。利甲和巴拿假裝要取糧食進入王宅——大概是要為他們所統領的匪幫從王的倉庫取糧——藉此設法得以進入王的內室；又或者，他們遇見運麥子的人（就是那些為王家搬運糧食入內的差役）正要進王府，便混在他們中間，無人察覺地進了屋子深處。若是後一種理解，這話直譯出來便是：「看哪（或作：在那裏），運麥子的人進了屋子當中，他們（即利甲和巴拿）擊殺了他」云云。
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
「砍了他們的手腳……」——是在他們死後執行的。他們的手腳被掛在公眾聚集之處，一方面為警戒他人，另一方面也讓全以色列知道，大衛與謀害伊施波設之事無關。
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.
「比錄」——見邊注參考經文。按 Joshua 9:17，比錄的居民本可料想是迦南人。但由於某種不明的原因，比錄的迦南居民逃到了基他音——或許就是迦特——並在那裏繼續寄居。如果比錄人的這次逃亡發生在掃羅殘酷攻擊基遍人之時（2 Samuel 21:1-2），那麼巴拿和利甲可能本是比錄本地人，他們謀害掃羅之子，或許是出於為同胞報血仇的意願。他們被算為便雅憫人這一事實，與他們血統上是迦南人這點完全可以並存。