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2Sa 4:1, 2.
英文原文
2Sa 4:1, 2.
BAANAH AND RECHAB SLAY ISH-BOSHETH, AND BRING HIS HEAD TO HEBRON.
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4. 掃羅的兒子約拿單有一個兒子，是瘸腿的——這裏提到此事，是作為按東方觀念他被視為不宜承擔君王職責的原因。
英文原文
4. Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet--This is mentioned as a reason why, according to Oriental notions, he was considered unfit for exercising the duties of sovereignty.
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5、6. 利甲和巴拿趁著中午炎熱的時候來到伊施波設的家等等——東方至今仍循此俗，給士兵一定數量的糧食和少許餉銀；這兩位軍長自然而然地於前一日進宮去取麥子，好分給兵士，以便在早晨慣常的時辰送到磨坊。
英文原文
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.
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7. 他們進了屋子，見他躺在床上——利甲和巴拿趁著中午炎熱的時候進來，那時他們知道主人伊施波設必在榻上歇息；又因前述的原因，必須在前一日備好所需的麥子，所以他們這時前來，雖也許比平時略早，卻並未引起疑心，也未引人注意［哈默］。
從平原逃走——即約旦河谷，從瑪哈念到希伯崙的路徑正從此經過。
英文原文
7. when they came into the house, he lay on his bed--Rechab and Baanah came in the heat of the day, when they knew that Ish-bosheth, their master, would be resting on his divan; and as it was necessary, for the reason just given, to have the corn the day before it was needed, their coming at that time, though it might be a little earlier than usual, created no suspicion, and attracted no notice [HARMER].
gat them away through the plain--that is, the valley of the Jordan, through which their way lay from Mahanaim to Hebron.
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8. 他們將伊施波設的首級拿到大衛那裏……說，看哪，這是伊施波設的首級——這樣的叛黨和陰謀者的血腥頭顱，在東方向來為君王所樂見，呈送者也獲重賞。伊施波設既是篡位者，這兩個刺客便以為除掉兩國合併的唯一現存障礙，是對大衛有功之事。
英文原文
8. They brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David . . . and said, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth--Such bloody trophies of rebels and conspirators have always been acceptable to princes in the East, and the carriers have been liberally rewarded. Ish-bosheth being a usurper, the two assassins thought they were doing a meritorious service to David by removing the only existing obstacle to the union of the two kingdoms.
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2Sa 4:10-12.
2Sa 4:10-12.
大衛下令將他們處死。
英文原文
2Sa 4:10-12.
DAVID CAUSES THEM TO BE PUT TO DEATH.
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12. 殺了他們，砍斷他們的手腳——因為這些是他們犯罪的工具。將殘缺的屍首示眾，不僅是對他們罪行的懲罰，也是大衛憎惡此事的明證。
英文原文
12. slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet--as the instruments in perpetrating their crime. The exposure of the mutilated remains was intended as not only a punishment of their crime, but also the attestation of David's abhorrence.
2Sa 4:1, 2.
巴拿與利甲殺死伊施波設，並將其首級帶到希伯崙。