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And when
Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron,
his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites
were troubled.
02 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.
03 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were
sojourners there until this day.)
04 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.
05 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab
and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the
day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed
at noon.
06 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.
07 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.
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08 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto
David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the
head of Ishbosheth 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.
09 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 Ishbosheth, and buried
it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
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