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