Dual Panel1When Ish-bosheth the son <01121> of Saul <07586> heard <08085> that <03588> Abner <074> had died <04191> in Hebron <02275>, he was very disheartened <07503>, and all <03605> Israel <03478> was afraid <0926>.
2Now Saul’s <07586> son <01121> had two <08147> men <0376> who were in charge of raiding <01416> units <08269>; one <0259> was named <08034> <08034> Baanah <01196> and the other <08145> Recab <07394>. They were sons <01121> of Rimmon <07417> the Beerothite <0886>, who was a Benjaminite <01144> <01121>. (Beeroth <0881> is regarded <02803> as belonging to Benjamin <01144>,
3for the Beerothites <0886> fled <01272> to Gittaim <01664> and have remained <01961> there <08033> as resident foreigners <01481> until <05704> the present time <02088> <03117>.)
4Now Saul’s <07586> son <01121> Jonathan <03083> had a son <01121> who was crippled <05223> in both feet <07272>. He <01121> was five <02568> years <08141> old when <01961> the news <08052> about Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> arrived <0935> from Jezreel <03157>. His nurse <0539> picked <05375> him up <05375> and fled <05127>, but in her haste <02648> to get away <05127>, he fell <05307> and was injured <06452>. Mephibosheth <04648> was his name <08034>.
5Now the sons <01121> of Rimmon <07417> the Beerothite <0886>– Recab <07394> and Baanah <01196>– went <0935> at the hottest <02527> part of the day <03117> to <0413> the home <01004> of Ish-bosheth <0378>, as he was <01931> enjoying his midday <06672> rest <07901>.
6They <02007> entered <0935> the house <01004> under the pretense <08432> of getting <03947> wheat <02406> and mortally wounded <05221> him in <0413> the stomach <02570>. Then Recab <07394> and his brother <0251> Baanah <01196> escaped <04422>.
7They had entered <0935> the house <01004> while Ish-bosheth <01931> was resting <07901> on <05921> his bed <04296> in his bedroom <04904> <02315>. They mortally <04191> wounded <05221> him and then cut off <05493> his head <07218>. Taking <03947> his head <07218>, they traveled <01980> on the way <01870> of the Arabah <06160> all <03605> that night <03915>.
8They brought <0935> the head <07218> of Ish-bosheth <0378> to <0413> David <01732> in Hebron <02275>, saying <0559> to <0413> the king <04428>, “Look <02009>! The head <07218> of Ish-bosheth <0378> son <01121> of Saul <07586>, your enemy <0341> who <0834> sought <01245> your life <05315>! The Lord <03068> has granted <05414> vengeance <05360> to my lord <0113> the king <04428> this <02088> day <03117> against Saul <07586> and his descendants <02233>!”
9David <01732> replied <06030> to Recab <07394> and his brother <0251> Baanah <01196>, the sons <01121> of Rimmon <07417> the Beerothite <0886>, “As surely as the Lord <03068> lives <02416>, who <0834> has delivered <06299> my life <05315> from all <03605> adversity <06869>,
10when <03588> someone told <05046> me that Saul <07586> was dead <04191>– even though he <01931> thought <05869> he was <01961> bringing good news <01319>– I seized <0270> him and killed <02026> him in Ziklag <06860>. That <0834> was the good news <01309> I gave <05414> to him!
11Surely <0637> when <03588> wicked <07563> men <0376> have killed <02026> an innocent <06662> man <0376> as he slept <04904> in <05921> his own house <01004>, should I not <03808> now <06258> require <01245> his blood <01818> from your hands <03027> and remove <01197> you from <04480> the earth <0776>?”
12So David <01732> issued <06680> orders to the soldiers <05288> and they put <02026> them to death <02026>. Then they cut off <07112> their hands <03027> and feet <07272> and hung <08518> them near <05921> the pool <01295> in Hebron <02275>. But they took <03947> the head <07218> of Ish-bosheth <0378> and buried <06912> it in the tomb <06913> of Abner <074> in Hebron <02275>.