1
H7586
And when Saul's
H1121
son
H8085 [H8799]
heard
H74
that Abner
H4191 [H8804]
was dead
H2275
in Hebron,
H3027
his hands
H7503 [H8799]
were feeble,
H3478
and all the Israelites
H926 [H8738]
were troubled.
2
H7586
And Saul's
H1121
son
H1961 [H8804]
had
H8147
two
H582
men
H8269
that 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
a Beerothite,
H1121
of the sons
H1144
of Benjamin:
H881
(for Beeroth
H2803 [H8735]
also was reckoned
H1144
to Benjamin:
3
H886
And the Beerothites
H1272 [H8799]
fled
H1664
to Gittaim,
H1481 [H8802]
and have been sojourners
H3117
there until this day.)
4
H3083
And Jonathan,
H7586
Saul's
H1121
son,
H1121
had a son
H5223
that was lame
H7272
of his feet.
H2568
He was five
H8141
years
H1121
old
H8052
when the tidings
H935 [H8800]
came
H7586
of Saul
H3083
and Jonathan
H3157
out of Jezreel,
H539 [H8802]
and his nurse
H5375 [H8799]
took him up,
H5127 [H8799]
and fled:
H2648 [H8800]
and it came to pass, as she made haste
H5127 [H8800]
to flee,
H5307 [H8799]
that he fell,
H6452 [H8735]
and became lame.
H8034
And his name
H4648
was Mephibosheth.
5
H1121
And the sons
H7417
of Rimmon
H886
the Beerothite,
H7394
Rechab
H1196
and Baanah,
H3212 [H8799]
went,
H935 [H8799]
and came
H2527
about the heat
H3117
of the day
H1004
to the house
H378
of Ishbosheth,
H7901 [H8802]
who lay
H4904
on a bed
H6672
at noon.
6
H935 [H8804]
And they came there
H8432
into the midst
H1004
of the house,
H3947 [H8802]
as though they would have fetched
H2406
wheat;
H5221 [H8686]
and they smote
H2570
him under the fifth
H7394
rib: and Rechab
H1196
and Baanah
H251
his brother
H4422 [H8738]
escaped.
7
H935 [H8799]
For when they came
H1004
into the house,
H7901 [H8802]
he lay
H4296
on his bed
H2315 H4904
in his bedchamber,
H5221 [H8686]
and they smote
H4191 [H8686]
him, and slew
H5493 [H8686]
him, and beheaded
H3947 [H8799]
him, and took
H7218
his head,
H3212 [H8799]
and went away
H1870
through
H6160
the plain
H3915
all night.
8
H935 [H8686]
And they brought
H7218
the head
H378
of Ishbosheth
H1732
to David
H2275
to Hebron,
H559 [H8799]
and said
H4428
to the king,
H7218
Behold the head
H378
of Ishbosheth
H1121
the son
H7586
of Saul
H341 [H8802]
thy enemy,
H1245 [H8765]
who sought
H5315
thy life;
H3068
and the LORD
H5414 [H8799]
hath
H5360
avenged
H113
my sovereign
H4428
the king
H3117
this day
H7586
of Saul,
H2233
and of his seed.
9
H1732
And David
H6030 [H8799]
answered
H7394
Rechab
H1196
and Baanah
H251
his brother,
H1121
the sons
H7417
of Rimmon
H886
the Beerothite,
H559 [H8799]
and said
H3068
to them, As the LORD
H2416
liveth,
H6299 [H8804]
who hath ransomed
H5315
my breath
H6869
out of all tightness,
10
H5046 [H8688]
When one told
H559 [H8800]
me, saying,
H7586
Behold, Saul
H4191 [H8804]
is dead,
H5869
thinking to have brought
H1319 [H8764]
good tidings,
H270 [H8799]
I took hold
H2026 [H8799]
of him, and slew
H6860
him in Ziklag,
H5414 [H8800]
who thought that I would have given
H1309
him a reward for his tidings:
11
H7563
How much more, when wicked
H582
men
H2026 [H8804]
have slain
H6662
a righteous
H376
person
H1004
in his own house
H4904
upon his bed?
H1245 [H8762]
shall I not therefore now require
H1818
his blood
H3027
of your hand,
H1197 [H8765]
and take you away
H776
from the earth?
12
H1732
And David
H6680 [H8762]
commanded
H5288
his young men,
H2026 [H8799]
and they slew
H7112 [H8762]
them, and cut off
H3027
their hands
H7272
and their feet,
H8518 [H8799]
and hanged them
H1295
over the pool
H2275
in Hebron.
H3947 [H8804]
But they took
H7218
the head
H378
of Ishbosheth,
H6912 [H8799]
and buried
H6913
it in the burying-place
H74
of Abner
H2275
in Hebron.