# 2 Samuel 4

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 4 | 33.33%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 6 | 50%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 2 | 16.67%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 321 | 96.4%
NIV2011 changed words | 12 | 3.6%
NIV2011 removed words | 13 |
NIV2011 added words | 11 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
4:2 | NIV2011 | Now Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Recab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin, | Now Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Recab Rekab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin, | Now Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Recab Rekab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
4:3 | tNIV | because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have lived there as aliens to this day. | because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have lived resided there as aliens foreigners to this day. | because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have lived resided there as aliens foreigners to this day.
4:4 | tNIV | (Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became crippled. His name was Mephibosheth.) | (Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became crippled disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.) | (Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became crippled disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.)
4:5 | tNIV | Now Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest. | Now Recab Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest. | Now Recab Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.
4:6 | tNIV | They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah slipped away. | They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Recab Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away. | They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Recab Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
4:8 | NIV2011 | They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to take your life. This day the LORD has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.” | They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to take your life. This day the LORD has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.” | They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to take your life kill you. This day the LORD has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
4:9 | tNIV | David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of all trouble, | David answered Recab Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of all every trouble, | David answered Recab Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of all every trouble,
4:10 | tNIV | when a man told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news! | when a man someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news! | when a man someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!