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^[1] When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. ^[2] Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is considered a part of Benjamin; ^[3] and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until today). ^[4] Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth. ^[5] The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth as he took his rest at noon. ^[6] They came there into the middle of the house as though they would have fetched wheat, and they struck him in the body; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. ^[7] Now when they came into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night. ^[8] They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.^§” ^[9] David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, ^[10] when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. ^[11] How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?” ^[12] David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.

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^[1] And when Saul’sH7586 sonH1121 heardH8085(QalImpf) that AbnerH74 was deadH4191(QalPerf) in Hebron,H2275 his handsH3027 were feeble,H7503(QalImpf) and all the IsraelitesH3478 were troubled.H926(NiphPerf) ^[2] And Saul’sH7586 sonH1121 hadH1961(QalPerf) twoH8147 menH582 [that were] captainsH8269 of bands:H1416 the nameH8034 of the oneH259 [was] Baanah,H1196 and the nameH8034 of the otherH8145 Rechab,H7394 the sonsH1121 of RimmonH7417 a Beerothite,H886 of the childrenH1121 of Benjamin:H1144 (for BeerothH881 also was reckonedH2803(NiphImpf) to Benjamin:H1144 ^[3] And the BeerothitesH886 fledH1272(QalImpf) to Gittaim,H1664 and were sojournersH1481(QalActPtc) there until this day.H3117) ^[4] And Jonathan,H3083 Saul’sH7586 son,H1121 had a sonH1121 [that was] lameH5223 of [his] feet.H7272 He was fiveH2568 yearsH8141 oldH1121 when the tidingsH8052 cameH935(QalInf) of SaulH7586 and JonathanH3083 out of Jezreel,H3157 and his nurseH539(QalActPtc) took him up,H5375(QalImpf) and fled:H5127(QalImpf) and it came to pass, as she made hasteH2648(QalInf) to flee,H5127(QalInf) that he fell,H5307(QalImpf) and became lame.H6452(NiphImpf) And his nameH8034 [was] Mephibosheth.H4648 ^[5] And the sonsH1121 of RimmonH7417 the Beerothite,H886 RechabH7394 and Baanah,H1196 went,H3212(QalImpf) and cameH935(QalImpf) about the heatH2527 of the dayH3117 to the houseH1004 of Ishbosheth,H378 who layH7901(QalActPtc) on a bedH4904 at noon.H6672 ^[6] And they came thitherH935(QalPerf) into the midstH8432 of the house,H1004 [as though] they would have fetchedH3947(QalActPtc) wheat;H2406 and they smoteH5221(HiphImpf) him under the fifthH2570 [rib]: and RechabH7394 and BaanahH1196 his brotherH251 escaped.H4422(NiphPerf) ^[7] For when they cameH935(QalImpf) into the house,H1004 he layH7901(QalActPtc) on his bedH4296 in his bedchamber,H2315 and they smoteH5221(HiphImpf) him, and slewH4191(HiphImpf) him, and beheadedH5493(HiphImpf) him, and tookH3947(QalImpf) his head,H7218 and gat them awayH3212(QalImpf) throughH1870 the plainH6160 all night.H3915 ^[8] And they broughtH935(HiphImpf) the headH7218 of IshboshethH378 unto DavidH1732 to Hebron,H2275 and saidH559(QalImpf) to the king,H4428 Behold the headH7218 of IshboshethH378 the sonH1121 of SaulH7586 thine enemy,H341(QalActPtc) which soughtH1245(PielPerf) thy life;H5315 and the LordH3068 hathH5414(QalImpf) avengedH5360 my lordH113 the kingH4428 this dayH3117 of Saul,H7586 and of his seed.H2233 ^[9] And DavidH1732 answeredH6030(QalImpf) RechabH7394 and BaanahH1196 his brother,H251 the sonsH1121 of RimmonH7417 the Beerothite,H886 and saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, [As] the LordH3068 liveth,H2416 who hath redeemedH6299(QalPerf) my soulH5315 out of all adversity,H6869 ^[10] When one toldH5046(HiphPtc) me, saying,H559(QalInf) Behold, SaulH7586 is dead,H4191(QalPerf) thinking to have broughtH5869 good tidings,H1319(PielPtc) I took holdH270(QalImpf) of him, and slewH2026(QalImpf) him in Ziklag,H6860 who [thought] that I would have givenH5414(QalInf) him a reward for his tidings:H1309 ^[11] How much more, when wickedH7563 menH582 have slainH2026(QalPerf) a righteousH6662 personH376 in his own houseH1004 upon his bed?H4904 shall I not therefore now requireH1245(PielImpf) his bloodH1818 of your hand,H3027 and take you awayH1197(PielPerf) from the earth?H776 ^[12] And DavidH1732 commandedH6680(PielImpf) his young men,H5288 and they slewH2026(QalImpf) them, and cut offH7112(PielImpf) their handsH3027 and their feet,H7272 and hanged [them] upH8518(QalImpf) over the poolH1295 in Hebron.H2275 But they tookH3947(QalPerf) the headH7218 of Ishbosheth,H378 and buriedH6912(QalImpf) [it] in the sepulchreH6913 of AbnerH74 in Hebron.H2275

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