The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible 2 Samuel 4:2
And Saul's son had two men [that were] captains of bands…
Of troops in the army, or of guards about the person of Ishbosheth son
of Saul:
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;
so that these
men were brethren in nature, as well as in iniquity; they had the same
father, who is described by his name and city, and their names are
expressly mentioned and recorded to their infamy; and they were not
only the servants of Ishbosheth, who had commissions under him, but
were of the same tribe with him; all which is observed as an
aggravation of their crime:
for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin;
the place from whom Rimmon
their father is denominated, and where he dwelt, as well as Gittaim,
where they had sojourned, as in (2 Samuel 4:3) . This place, Beeroth,
originally belonged to the Gibeonites, and fell to the lot of Benjamin
at the division of the land, see (Joshua 9:17) (18:25) .
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