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    3 others in the registry answer to the name Baanah. Every Baanah in the Bible

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    Baanah

    בַּעֲנָה

    Baanah and his brother Rechab assassinated Ish-bosheth, hoping to gain favor with David.

    verses
    4
    first named
    2 Samuel 4:2
    last named
    2 Samuel 4:12
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Benjamin

    Description

    Who was Baanah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Baanah was one of the two captains who assassinated Ish-bosheth, the son of King Saul. After Saul's death, Ish-bosheth had been proclaimed king over Israel, while David ruled over Judah. According to 2Samuel 4, Baanah and his brother Rechab, who were Benjamites from Beeroth, entered Ish-bosheth's house while he was resting and killed him. They brought his head to David, hoping to be rewarded. However, David condemned their treacherous act and ordered their execution. The text describes Baanah and Rechab as wicked men who murdered an innocent person. Their actions were motivated by self-interest rather than loyalty. David's response demonstrated his integrity and respect for Saul's family, as he refused to condone violence against his rivals.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Baanah7 of 7 entities the graph connects to Baanah, in 3 groups: kinship 2, company 2, events 3. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.RechabSibling of · 9 events · 4 versesRimmonChild of · 3 versesKinshipRechab, Baanah, Beerothites, and Young Men’s killing of Ish-Bosheth, Rechab, and BaanahTook part in · 3 versesRechab and Baanah’s stabbing of Ish-BoshethTook part in · 2 versesCompanyDavid1 event · 964 versesArabah1 event · 22 versesIsh-bosheth3 events · 12 versesEventsBaanah

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Baanah happensThe one place the claims about Baanah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Arabah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Baanah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Arabah
    United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Baanah reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 1 book.

    1. 2 Samuel4 verses

      4:24:54:64:9

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Rechab, Baanah, Beerothites, and Young Men’s killing of Ish-Bosheth, Rechab, and Baanah and Rechab and Baanah’s stabbing of Ish-BoshethIsh-boshethSon of Saul, king over Israel.via Rechab, Baanah, Beerothites, and Young Men’s killing of Ish-Bosheth, Rechab, and BaanahKillingKilling is a concept gathering 151 labelled instances in the text.

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