Atomic Bible

Father of Baanah and Rechab, murderers of Ish-bosheth

Rimmon

Named in 3 verses of 2 Samuel, first in 2 Samuel 4:2.

רִמּוֹןRimmon

The name means “exalted; pomegranate.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

Children
Baanah, Rechab
People
Tribe of Benjamin

About Rimmon Written by AI

Rimmon was a Beerothite, from the town of Beeroth, which was located in the territory of Benjamin (2 Samuel 4:2). He was the father of Rechab and Baanah, two of Ish-bosheth's captains (2 Samuel 4:2). After the death of King Saul and his sons, Ish-bosheth, Saul's surviving son, was made king over Israel (2 Samuel 2:8 to 10). However, his reign was short-lived, as Rechab and Baanah, seeking to gain favor with David, murdered Ish-bosheth while he was resting in his bed (2 Samuel 4:5 to 7). They brought Ish-bosheth's head to David, believing that he would reward them for eliminating his rival (2 Samuel 4:8). However, David condemned their actions and ordered their execution, as they had killed an innocent man in his own house (2 Samuel 4:9 to 12). The mention of Rimmon as the father of Rechab and Baanah provides background information on the assassins and their family origin. The treacherous act committed by Rimmon's sons led to the end of Ish-bosheth's reign and solidified David's position as king over all Israel (2 Samuel 5:1 to 3).

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Rimmon, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Pomegranate. (1.) A man of Beeroth (2 Sam. 4:2), one of the four Gibeonite cities. (See Josh. 9:17.)

(2.) A Syrian idol, mentioned only in 2 Kings 5:18.

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(3.) One of the “uttermost cities” of Judah, afterwards given to Simeon (Josh. 15:21, 32; 19:7; 1 Chr. 4:32). In Josh. 15:32 Ain and Rimmon are mentioned separately, but in 19:7 and 1 Chr. 4:32 (comp. Neh. 11:29) the two words are probably to be combined, as forming together the name of one place, Ain-Rimmon=the spring of the pomegranate. It has been identified with Um er-Rumamin, about 13 miles south-west of Hebron.

(4.) “Rock of,” to which the Benjamites fled (Judg. 20:45, 47; 21:13), and where they maintained themselves for four months after the fearful battle at Gibeah, in which they were almost exterminated, 600 only surviving out of about 27,000. It is the present village of Rummon, “on the very edge of the hill country, with a precipitous descent toward the Jordan valley,” supposed to be the site of Ai.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. 2 Samuel 4:2

    Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,

  2. 2 Samuel 4:5

    Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

  3. 2 Samuel 4:9

    But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.