2 Samuel 4

1And whenIsh-bosheth, Saul’s sonH1121, heardH8085 that AbnerH74 was deadH4191 in HebronH2275, his handsH3027 became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2And Ish-bosheth, Saul’s sonH1121, had twoH8147 menH376 that wereH1961 captains of bandsH1416: the nameH8034 of the oneH259 was BaanahH1196, and the nameH8034 of the other RechabH7394, the sonsH1121 of RimmonH7417 the BeerothiteH886, of the children of BenjaminH1144 (for BeerothH881 alsoH1571 is reckonedH2803 to BenjaminH1144: 3and the Beerothites fledH1272 to GittaimH1664, and have beenH1961 sojourners there until this dayH3117).

4Now JonathanH3083, Saul’s sonH1121, had a sonH1121 that was lame of his feetH7272. He was fiveH2568 yearsH8141 old when the tidings cameH935 of SaulH7586 and JonathanH3083 out of JezreelH3157; and his nurseH539 tookH5375 him up, and fledH5127: and it cameH935 to pass, as she made haste to fleeH5127, that he fellH5307, and becameH1961 lame. And his nameH8034 was MephiboshethH4648.

5And the sonsH1121 of RimmonH7417 the BeerothiteH886, RechabH7394 and BaanahH1196, wentH935, and cameH935 about the heatH2527 of the dayH3117 to the houseH1004 of Ish-boshethH378, as he took his restH7901 at noonH6672. 6And they cameH935 thither into the midstH8432 of the houseH1004, as though they would have fetched wheatH2406; and they smote him in the body: and RechabH7394 and BaanahH1196 his brotherH251 escapedH4422. 7Now when they cameH935 into the houseH1004, as he layH7901 on his bedH4904 in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and tookH3947 his headH7218, and wentH935 by the wayH1870 of the ArabahH6160 all nightH3915. 8And they broughtH935 the headH7218 of Ish-boshethH378 unto DavidH1732 to HebronH2275, and saidH559 to the kingH4428, Behold, the headH7218 of Ish-boshethH378, the sonH1121 of SaulH7586, thine enemyH341, who soughtH1245 thy lifeH5315; and Jehovah hath avenged my lord the kingH4428 this dayH3117 of SaulH7586, and of his seedH2233. 9And DavidH1732 answered RechabH7394 and BaanahH1196 his brotherH251, the sonsH1121 of RimmonH7417 the BeerothiteH886, and saidH559 unto them, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemedH6299 my soulH5315 out of all adversity, 10when one toldH5046 me, sayingH559, Behold, SaulH7586 is deadH4191, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took holdH270 of him, and slewH2026 him in ZiklagH6860, which wasH1961 the reward I gaveH5414 him for his tidings. 11How much moreH4480, when wickedH7563 menH376 have slainH2026 a righteousH6662 personH376 in his own houseH1004 upon his bedH4904, shall I not nowH6258 requireH1245 his bloodH1818 of your handH3027, and take you away from the earthH776? 12And DavidH1732 commandedH6680 his youngH5288 menH5288, and they slewH2026 them, and cutH7112 off their handsH3027 and their feetH7272, and hangedH8518 them up beside the poolH1295 in HebronH2275. But they tookH3947 the headH7218 of Ish-boshethH378, and buriedH6912 it in the graveH6913 of AbnerH74 in HebronH2275.