2 Samuel 4:6

6 A la portera, quien había estado zarandeando trigo, le dio sueño y se durmió. Así que Recab y Baana pasaron desapercibidos.

2 Samuel 4:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 4:6

And they came thither into the midst of the house
They not only came unto it, but entered into it, and went into the inmost part of it; the guards being asleep also perhaps, or not on duty, so that there were none to obstruct them; or if there were, they deceived them, since they went in

[as though] they would have fetched wheat;
out of the king's granaries, for the payment and support of the soldiers under them, who in those days were paid in corn, as were the Roman soldiers ^F25 in later times; and these granaries might not only be in the king's house, but near his bedchamber; for in those ancient ages of simplicity there was not such grandeur in the courts of princes as now; the Targum is,

``as sellers of wheat,''

in the guise and habit of such persons, pretending they came to sell wheat to the king's purveyors, who were at the granaries; or, as others interpret it, they went in along with the wheat merchants as if they belonged to them, and so found their way to the king's bedchamber:

and smote him under the fifth [rib]; (See Gill on 2 Samuel 2:23);

and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped;
they got out of the palace after they had committed the murder undiscovered and unsuspected.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Vid. Valtrinum de re militar. Roman. l. 3. c. 15. p. 236.

2 Samuel 4:6 In-Context

4 (Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, tuvo un hijo llamado Mefiboset,
quien quedó lisiado de niño. Cuando Mefiboset tenía cinco años, llegó la noticia desde Jezreel de que Saúl y Jonatán habían muerto en batalla. Al enterarse la niñera, tomó al niño y huyó; pero, con el apuro, se le cayó y quedó lisiado).

5 Cierto día, Recab y Baana, los hijos de Rimón de Beerot, fueron a la casa de Is-boset cerca del mediodía mientras él dormía la siesta.

6 A la portera, quien había estado zarandeando trigo, le dio sueño y se durmió. Así que Recab y Baana pasaron desapercibidos.

7 Entraron en la casa y encontraron a Is-boset dormido en su cama. Lo golpearon, lo mataron y le cortaron la cabeza. Luego tomaron la cabeza y huyeron durante la noche a través del valle del Jordán.

8 Cuando llegaron a Hebrón le presentaron la cabeza de Is-boset a David y exclamaron:
—¡Mire! Aquí está la cabeza de Is-boset, el hijo de su enemigo Saúl, quien intentó matarlo. ¡El Señor
le ha dado hoy a mi señor el rey venganza sobre Saúl y toda su familia!