2 Samuel 4
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.
