1
H7586
When Saul's
H1121
son
H8085
heard
H74
that Abner
H4191
was dead
H2275
in Hebron,
H3027
his hands
H7503
became feeble,
H3478
and all the Israelites
H926
were troubled.
2
H7586
Saul's
H1121
son
H1961
had
H8147
two
H582
men
H8269
who were captains
H1416
of bands:
H8034
the name
H259
of the one
H1196
was Baanah,
H8034
and the name
H8145
of the other
H7394
Rechab,
H1121
the sons
H7417
of Rimmon
H886
the Beerothite,
H1121
of the children
H1144
of Benjamin
H881
(for Beeroth
H2803
also is reckoned
H1144
to Benjamin:
3
H886
and the Beerothites
H1272
fled
H1664
to Gittaim,
H1481
and have lived as foreigners
H3117
there until this day).
4
H3083
Now Jonathan,
H7586
Saul's
H1121
son,
H1121
had a son
H5223
who was lame
H7272
of his feet.
H2568
He was five
H8141
years
H1121
old
H8052
when the news
H935
came
H7586
of Saul
H3083
and Jonathan
H3157
out of Jezreel;
H539
and his nurse
H5375
took him up,
H5127
and fled:
H2648
and it happened, as she made haste
H5127
to flee,
H5307
that he fell,
H6452
and became lame.
H8034
His name
H4648
was Mephibosheth.
5
H1121
The sons
H7417
of Rimmon
H886
the Beerothite,
H7394
Rechab
H1196
and Baanah,
H3212
went,
H935
and came
H2527
about the heat
H3117
of the day
H1004
to the house
H378
of Ishbosheth,
H7901
as he took
H4904
his rest
H6672
at noon.
6
H935
They came there
H8432
into the midst
H1004
of the house,
H3947
as though they would have fetched
H2406
wheat;
H5221
and they struck
H2570
him in the body:
H7394
and Rechab
H1196
and Baanah
H251
his brother
H4422
escaped.
7
H935
Now when they came
H1004
into the house,
H7901
as he lay
H4296
on his bed
H2315
in his bedroom,
H5221
they struck
H5221
him, and killed
H5493
him, and beheaded
H3947
him, and took
H7218
his head,
H3212
and went
H1870
by the way
H6160
of the Arabah
H3915
all night.
8
H935
They brought
H7218
the head
H378
of Ishbosheth
H1732
to David
H2275
to Hebron,
H559
and said
H4428
to the king,
H7218
"Behold, the head
H378
of Ishbosheth,
H1121
the son
H7586
of Saul,
H341
your enemy,
H1245
who sought
H5315
your life!
H3068
Yahweh
H5414
has
H5360
avenged
H3068
my lord
H4428
the king
H3117
this day
H7586
of Saul,
H2233
and of his seed."
9
H1732
David
H6030
answered
H7394
Rechab
H1196
and Baanah
H251
his brother,
H1121
the sons
H7417
of Rimmon
H886
the Beerothite,
H559
and said
H3068
to them, "As Yahweh
H2416
lives,
H6299
who has redeemed
H5315
my soul
H6869
out of all adversity,
10
H5046
when someone told
H7586
me, ‘Behold, Saul
H4191
is dead,'
H5869
thinking to have brought
H1319
good news,
H5869
I took
H270
hold
H2026
of him, and killed
H6860
him in Ziklag,
H5414
which was the reward I gave
H1309
him for his news.
11
H7563
How much more, when wicked
H582
men
H2026
have slain
H6662
a righteous
H376
person
H1004
in his own house
H4904
on his bed,
H1245
shall I not now require
H1818
his blood
H3027
of your hand,
H1197
and take you away
H776
from the earth?"
12
H1732
David
H6680
commanded
H5288
his young men,
H2026
and they killed
H7112
them, and cut off
H3027
their hands
H7272
and their feet,
H8518
and hanged them up
H1295
beside the pool
H2275
in Hebron.
H3947
But they took
H7218
the head
H378
of Ishbosheth,
H6912
and buried
H6913
it in the grave
H74
of Abner
H2275
in Hebron.