2nd Samuel Chapter 4 verse 3 Holy Bible
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).
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But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)
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And the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
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And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
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And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day.)
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and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).
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and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Gittaim. This word is a dual, and means "the two Gaths;" the one being, probably, the acropolis, or upper town, at the foot of which nestled a new Gath, protected by the ancient stronghold. It is mentioned as belonging to Benjamin in Nehemiah 11:33; but could not have been an Israelite town at this time, as the Beerothites are described as sojourners, that is, dwellers in a foreign country. When expelled from Beeroth, they probably seized Gittaim by force, and, on the reconciliation effected by the execution of Saul's sons, returned to their allegiance to Israel.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Fled to Gittaim.--Neither the cause of their flight, nor the place to which they fled, can be certainly determined. The Beerothites here appear as of the tribe of Benjamin, and it is probable that they fled from the incursions of the Philistines, and that Gittaim is the place mentioned in Nehemiah 11:35 as occupied by the Benjamites returning from Babylon. The expression "until this day" makes it likely that the time of the writer was not very far removed from the events which he relates.
