2 Samuel 4:3

3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

2 Samuel 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 4:3

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there
until that day.
] At the death of Saul, when many of the Israelites deserted their cities, and left them to the Philistines, ( 1 Samuel 31:7 ) ; and so the inhabitants of Beeroth forsook their city, which was near the Philistines, and went to Gittaim, a city in the same tribe, though a little further off, see ( Nehemiah 11:33 ) .

2 Samuel 4:3 In-Context

1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble , and all the Israelites were troubled .

2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

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.

5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went , and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.