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World English Bible

2 Samuel 4 (WEBP)

[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.

2 Samuel 4:8 or, seed

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Samuel 4 (KJVS)

[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 Ish-bosheth, 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 Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth 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 Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

2 Samuel 4:2 Heb. second
2 Samuel 4:10a Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc.
2 Samuel 4:10b Or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Samuel 4 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἤκουσεν () Μεμφιβοσθε υἱὸς () Σαουλ () ὅτι () τέθνηκεν () Αβεννηρ ἐν () Χεβρων, καὶ () ἐξελύθησαν () αἱ () χεῖρες () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () ἄνδρες () Ισραηλ () παρείθησαν. ()
[2] Καὶ () δύο () ἄνδρες () ἡγούμενοι () συστρεμμάτων τῷ () Μεμφιβοσθε υἱῷ () Σαουλ, () ὄνομα () τῷ () ἑνὶ () Βαανα καὶ () ὄνομα () τῷ () δευτέρῳ () Ρηχαβ, υἱοὶ () Ρεμμων τοῦ () Βηρωθαίου ἐκ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Βενιαμιν· () ὅτι () Βηρωθ ἐλογίζετο () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Βενιαμιν, ()
[3] καὶ () ἀπέδρασαν οἱ () Βηρωθαῖοι εἰς () Γεθθαιμ καὶ () ἦσαν () ἐκεῖ () παροικοῦντες () ἕως () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ταύτης. ()—
[4] καὶ () τῷ () Ιωναθαν υἱῷ () Σαουλ () υἱὸς () πεπληγὼς () τοὺς () πόδας· () υἱὸς () ἐτῶν () πέντε () οὗτος () ἐν () τῷ () ἐλθεῖν () τὴν () ἀγγελίαν () Σαουλ () καὶ () Ιωναθαν τοῦ () υἱοῦ () αὐτοῦ () ἐξ () Ιεζραελ, καὶ () ἦρεν () αὐτὸν () ἡ () τιθηνὸς αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἔφυγεν, () καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () σπεύδειν () αὐτὴν () καὶ () ἀναχωρεῖν () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () καὶ () ἐχωλάνθη, καὶ () ὄνομα () αὐτῷ () Μεμφιβοσθε.—
[5] καὶ () ἐπορεύθησαν () υἱοὶ () Ρεμμων τοῦ () Βηρωθαίου Ρεκχα καὶ () Βαανα καὶ () εἰσῆλθον () ἐν () τῷ () καύματι () τῆς () ἡμέρας () εἰς () οἶκον () Μεμφιβοσθε, καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐκάθευδεν () ἐν () τῇ () κοίτῃ () τῆς () μεσημβρίας, ()
[6] καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἡ () θυρωρὸς () τοῦ () οἴκου () ἐκάθαιρεν () πυροὺς καὶ () ἐνύσταξεν () καὶ () ἐκάθευδεν, () καὶ () Ρεκχα καὶ () Βαανα οἱ () ἀδελφοὶ () διέλαθον
[7] καὶ () εἰσῆλθον () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον, () καὶ () Μεμφιβοσθε ἐκάθευδεν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κλίνης () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () κοιτῶνι () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () τύπτουσιν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () θανατοῦσιν () καὶ () ἀφαιροῦσιν () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἔλαβον () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀπῆλθον () ὁδὸν () τὴν () κατὰ () δυσμὰς () ὅλην () τὴν () νύκτα. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἤνεγκαν () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () Μεμφιβοσθε τῷ () Δαυιδ () εἰς () Χεβρων καὶ () εἶπαν () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () Ἰδοὺ () ἡ () κεφαλὴ () Μεμφιβοσθε υἱοῦ () Σαουλ () τοῦ () ἐχθροῦ () σου, () ὃς () ἐζήτει () τὴν () ψυχήν () σου, () καὶ () ἔδωκεν () κύριος () τῷ () κυρίῳ () βασιλεῖ () ἐκδίκησιν () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτοῦ () ὡς () ἡ () ἡμέρα () αὕτη, () ἐκ () Σαουλ () τοῦ () ἐχθροῦ () σου () καὶ () ἐκ () τοῦ () σπέρματος () αὐτοῦ. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Δαυιδ () τῷ () Ρεκχα καὶ () τῷ () Βαανα ἀδελφῷ () αὐτοῦ () υἱοῖς () Ρεμμων τοῦ () Βηρωθαίου καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτοῖς () Ζῇ () κύριος, () ὃς () ἐλυτρώσατο () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἐκ () πάσης () θλίψεως, ()
[10] ὅτι () ὁ () ἀπαγγείλας () μοι () ὅτι () τέθνηκεν () Σαουλ ()—καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἦν () ὡς () εὐαγγελιζόμενος () ἐνώπιόν () μου ()—καὶ () κατέσχον () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἀπέκτεινα () ἐν () Σεκελακ, ᾧ () ἔδει () με () δοῦναι () εὐαγγέλια· ()
[11] καὶ () νῦν () ἄνδρες () πονηροὶ () ἀπεκτάγκασιν () ἄνδρα () δίκαιον () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κοίτης () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () νῦν () ἐκζητήσω () τὸ () αἷμα () αὐτοῦ () ἐκ () χειρὸς () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἐξολεθρεύσω () ὑμᾶς () ἐκ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () Δαυιδ () τοῖς () παιδαρίοις () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀποκτέννουσιν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () κολοβοῦσιν () τὰς () χεῖρας () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τοὺς () πόδας () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἐκρέμασαν () αὐτοὺς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κρήνης ἐν () Χεβρων· καὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () Μεμφιβοσθε ἔθαψαν () ἐν () τῷ () τάφῳ () Αβεννηρ υἱοῦ () Νηρ.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.