“1 And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands
were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 And Saul’s son had
two men [that were] captains of bands: the name of the one [was] Baanah,
and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of
the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin: 3
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until
this day.) 4 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son [that was] lame of
[his] feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and
Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it
came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame.
And his name [was] Mephibosheth. 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite,
Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house
of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 6 And they came thither into
the midst of the house, [as though] they would have fetched wheat; and
they smote him under the fifth [rib]: and Rechab and Baanah his brother
escaped. 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his
bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took
his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they
brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the
king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which
sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of
Saul, and of his seed.”
“9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of
Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, [As] the LORD liveth, who
hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 10 When one told me, saying,
Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold
of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who [thought] that I would have given
him a reward for his tidings: 11 How much more, when wicked men have
slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not
therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the
earth? 12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut
off their hands and their feet, and hanged [them] up over the pool in
Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried [it] in the
sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.” (2 Samuel 4:1-12 AV)
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