And when Saul's son
heard
that Abner
was dead
in Hebron
, his hands
were feeble
, and all the Israelites
were troubled
.
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
:
And the Beerothites fled
to Gittaim
, and were sojourners
there until this day
.)
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
,
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
:
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
?
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
.