Read 2 Samuel 4.1-12
In 4.1-12: The assassination of Ishbaal.
In verses 2-3: Beeroth was one of the Gibenite cities that joined Israel (Josh 9.17).
Its residents fled and were presumably replaced by Israelites from Benjamin.
In verse 4: Mephibosheth: The orginal form of the name was Meribbaal as in 1 Chr 8.34; 9.40.
The notice in this verse interrupts the narrative but makes the point that there is no other suitable candidate for king in Saul's line after Ishbaal, a situation that prepares the way for the events narrated in 5.1.
In verses 7: The Arabah here refers to the Jordan Valley.
In verse 11: David refers to Ishbaal as a righteous man rather than as Yahweh's anointed, suggesting that he does not recognize Ishbaal's kingship.
In verse 12: This kind of ritual execution described in this verse was reserved for traitors.
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