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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.

Footnotes

  1. § 4:8 or, seed
King James Version
[1] And when Saul’s H7586 son H1121 heard H8085 that Abner H74 was dead H4191 in Hebron, H2275 his hands H3027 were feeble, H7503 and all the Israelites H3478 were troubled. H926 [2] And Saul’s H7586 son H1121 had H1961 two H8147 men H582 that were captains H8269 of bands: H1416 the name H8034 of the one H259 was Baanah, H1196 and the name H8034 of the other H8145§ Rechab, H7394 the sons H1121 of Rimmon H7417 a Beerothite, H886 of the children H1121 of Benjamin: H1144 (for Beeroth H881 also H1571 was reckoned H2803 to Benjamin: H1144 [3] and the Beerothites H886 fled H1272 to Gittaim, H1664 and were sojourners H1481 there H8033 until H5704 this H2088 day.) H3117 [4] And Jonathan, H3083 Saul’s H7586 son, H1121 had a son H1121 that was lame H5223 of his feet. H7272 He was five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when the tidings H8052 came H935 of Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 out of Jezreel, H3157 and his nurse H539 took him up, H5375 and fled: H5127 and it came to pass, as she made haste H2648 to flee, H5127 that he fell, H5307 and became lame. H6452 And his name H8034 was Mephibosheth. H4648 [5] And the sons H1121 of Rimmon H7417 the Beerothite, H886 Rechab H7394 and Baanah, H1196 went, H3212 and came H935 about the heat H2527 of the day H3117 to the house H1004 of Ish-bosheth, H378 who lay H7901 H853 on a bed H4904 at noon. H6672 [6] And they came thither H935 into the midst H8432 of the house, H1004 as though they would have fetched H3947 wheat; H2406 and they smote H5221 him under the fifth H2570 rib: and Rechab H7394 and Baanah H1196 his brother H251 escaped. H4422 [7] For when they came H935 into the house, H1004 he lay H7901 on H5921 his bed H4296 in his bedchamber, H2315 H4904 and they smote H5221 him, and slew H4191 him, and beheaded H5493 him, and took H3947 his head, H7218 and gat them away H3212 through H1870 the plain H6160 all H3605 night. H3915 [8] And they brought H935 the head H7218 of Ish-bosheth H378 unto H413 David H1732 to Hebron, H2275 and said H559 to the king, H4428 Behold H2009 the head H7218 of Ish-bosheth H378 the son H1121 of Saul H7586 thine enemy, H341 which H834 sought H1245 H853 thy life; H5315 and the Lord H3068 hath H5414 avenged H5360 my lord H113 the king H4428 this H2088 day H3117 of Saul, H7586 and of his seed. H2233 [9] And David H1732 answered H6030 H853 Rechab H7394 and Baanah H1196 his brother, H251 the sons H1121 of Rimmon H7417 the Beerothite, H886 and said H559 unto them, As the Lord H3068 liveth, H2416 who H834 hath redeemed H6299 H853 my soul H5315 out of all adversity, H6869 [10] when one told H5046 me, saying, H559 Behold, Saul H7586 is dead, H4191 thinking to have brought H5869 good tidings, H1319§ I took hold H270 of him, and slew H2026 him in Ziklag, H6860 who thought that I would have given H5414 him a reward for his tidings: H1309§ [11] how much more, when wicked H7563 men H582 have slain H2026 a righteous H6662 H853 person H376 in his own house H1004 upon H5921 his bed? H4904 shall I not therefore now require H1245 H853 his blood H1818 of your hand, H3027 and take you away H1197 from H4480 the earth? H776 [12] And David H1732 commanded H6680 H853 his young men, H5288 and they slew H2026 them, and cut off H7112 H853 their hands H3027 and their feet, H7272 and hanged them up H8518 over H5921 the pool H1295 in Hebron. H2275 But they took H3947 the head H7218 of Ish-bosheth, H378 and buried H6912 it in the sepulchre H6913 of Abner H74 in Hebron. H2275

Footnotes

  1. § 4:2 Heb. second
  2. § 4:10a Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc.
  3. § 4:10b Or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings
Septuaginta
[1] Καὶ G2532 ἤκουσεν G191 Μεμφιβοσθε υἱὸς G5207 Σαουλ G4549 ὅτι G3754 τέθνηκεν G2348 Αβεννηρ ἐν G1722 Χεβρων, καὶ G2532 ἐξελύθησαν G1590 αἱ G3588 χεῖρες G5495 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 ἄνδρες G435 Ισραηλ G2474 παρείθησαν. G3935 [2] Καὶ G2532 δύο G1417 ἄνδρες G435 ἡγούμενοι G2233 συστρεμμάτων τῷ G3588 Μεμφιβοσθε υἱῷ G5207 Σαουλ, G4549 ὄνομα G3686 τῷ G3588 ἑνὶ G1520 Βαανα καὶ G2532 ὄνομα G3686 τῷ G3588 δευτέρῳ G1208 Ρηχαβ, υἱοὶ G5207 Ρεμμων τοῦ G3588 Βηρωθαίου ἐκ G1537 τῶν G3588 υἱῶν G5207 Βενιαμιν· G958 ὅτι G3754 Βηρωθ ἐλογίζετο G3049 τοῖς G3588 υἱοῖς G5207 Βενιαμιν, G958 [3] καὶ G2532 ἀπέδρασαν οἱ G3588 Βηρωθαῖοι εἰς G1519 Γεθθαιμ καὶ G2532 ἦσαν G2258 ἐκεῖ G1563 παροικοῦντες G3939 ἕως G2193 τῆς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 ταύτης. G3778 — [4] καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 Ιωναθαν υἱῷ G5207 Σαουλ G4549 υἱὸς G5207 πεπληγὼς G4141 τοὺς G3588 πόδας· G4228 υἱὸς G5207 ἐτῶν G2094 πέντε G4002 οὗτος G3778 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἐλθεῖν G2064 τὴν G3588 ἀγγελίαν G31 Σαουλ G4549 καὶ G2532 Ιωναθαν τοῦ G3588 υἱοῦ G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐξ G1537 Ιεζραελ, καὶ G2532 ἦρεν G142 αὐτὸν G846 ἡ G3588 τιθηνὸς αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἔφυγεν, G5343 καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 σπεύδειν G4692 αὐτὴν G846 καὶ G2532 ἀναχωρεῖν G402 καὶ G2532 ἔπεσεν G4098 καὶ G2532 ἐχωλάνθη, καὶ G2532 ὄνομα G3686 αὐτῷ G846 Μεμφιβοσθε. — [5] καὶ G2532 ἐπορεύθησαν G4198 υἱοὶ G5207 Ρεμμων τοῦ G3588 Βηρωθαίου Ρεκχα καὶ G2532 Βαανα καὶ G2532 εἰσῆλθον G1525 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 καύματι G2738 τῆς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 εἰς G1519 οἶκον G3624 Μεμφιβοσθε, καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 ἐκάθευδεν G2518 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 κοίτῃ G2845 τῆς G3588 μεσημβρίας, G3314 [6] καὶ G2532 ἰδοὺ G2400 ἡ G3588 θυρωρὸς G2377 τοῦ G3588 οἴκου G3624 ἐκάθαιρεν G2508 πυροὺς καὶ G2532 ἐνύσταξεν G3573 καὶ G2532 ἐκάθευδεν, G2518 καὶ G2532 Ρεκχα καὶ G2532 Βαανα οἱ G3588 ἀδελφοὶ G80 διέλαθον [7] καὶ G2532 εἰσῆλθον G1525 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 οἶκον, G3624 καὶ G2532 Μεμφιβοσθε ἐκάθευδεν G2518 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 κλίνης G2825 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 κοιτῶνι G2846 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 τύπτουσιν G5180 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 θανατοῦσιν G2289 καὶ G2532 ἀφαιροῦσιν G851 τὴν G3588 κεφαλὴν G2776 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἔλαβον G2983 τὴν G3588 κεφαλὴν G2776 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἀπῆλθον G565 ὁδὸν G3598 τὴν G3588 κατὰ G2596 δυσμὰς G1424 ὅλην G3650 τὴν G3588 νύκτα. G3571 [8] Καὶ G2532 ἤνεγκαν G5342 τὴν G3588 κεφαλὴν G2776 Μεμφιβοσθε τῷ G3588 Δαυιδ G1138 εἰς G1519 Χεβρων καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 Ἰδοὺ G2400 ἡ G3588 κεφαλὴ G2776 Μεμφιβοσθε υἱοῦ G5207 Σαουλ G4549 τοῦ G3588 ἐχθροῦ G2190 σου, G4675 ὃς G3739 ἐζήτει G2212 τὴν G3588 ψυχήν G5590 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 ἔδωκεν G1325 κύριος G2962 τῷ G3588 κυρίῳ G2962 βασιλεῖ G935 ἐκδίκησιν G1557 τῶν G3588 ἐχθρῶν G2190 αὐτοῦ G846 ὡς G5613 ἡ G3588 ἡμέρα G2250 αὕτη, G3778 ἐκ G1537 Σαουλ G4549 τοῦ G3588 ἐχθροῦ G2190 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 σπέρματος G4690 αὐτοῦ. G846 [9] Καὶ G2532 ἀπεκρίθη G611 Δαυιδ G1138 τῷ G3588 Ρεκχα καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 Βαανα ἀδελφῷ G80 αὐτοῦ G846 υἱοῖς G5207 Ρεμμων τοῦ G3588 Βηρωθαίου καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 αὐτοῖς G846 Ζῇ G2198 κύριος, G2962 ὃς G3739 ἐλυτρώσατο G3084 τὴν G3588 ψυχήν G5590 μου G3450 ἐκ G1537 πάσης G3956 θλίψεως, G2347 [10] ὅτι G3754 ὁ G3588 ἀπαγγείλας G518 μοι G3427 ὅτι G3754 τέθνηκεν G2348 Σαουλ G4549 —καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 ἦν G2258 ὡς G5613 εὐαγγελιζόμενος G2097 ἐνώπιόν G1799 μου G3450 —καὶ G2532 κατέσχον G2722 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 ἀπέκτεινα G615 ἐν G1722 Σεκελακ, ᾧ G3739 ἔδει G1163 με G3165 δοῦναι G1325 εὐαγγέλια· G2098 [11] καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 ἄνδρες G435 πονηροὶ G4190 ἀπεκτάγκασιν G615 ἄνδρα G435 δίκαιον G1342 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 οἴκῳ G3624 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 κοίτης G2845 αὐτοῦ· G846 καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 ἐκζητήσω G1567 τὸ G3588 αἷμα G129 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐκ G1537 χειρὸς G5495 ὑμῶν G5216 καὶ G2532 ἐξολεθρεύσω G1842 ὑμᾶς G5209 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 γῆς. G1093 [12] Καὶ G2532 ἐνετείλατο G1781 Δαυιδ G1138 τοῖς G3588 παιδαρίοις G3808 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἀποκτέννουσιν G615 αὐτοὺς G846 καὶ G2532 κολοβοῦσιν G2856 τὰς G3588 χεῖρας G5495 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 πόδας G4228 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 ἐκρέμασαν G2910 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 κρήνης ἐν G1722 Χεβρων· καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 κεφαλὴν G2776 Μεμφιβοσθε ἔθαψαν G2290 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 τάφῳ G5028 Αβεννηρ υἱοῦ G5207 Νηρ.
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament