ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 4
1. And when Ish-bosheth[H7586], Saul's son[H1121], heard[H8085] that Abner[H74] was dead[H4191] in Hebron[H2275], his hands[H3027] became feeble[H7503], and all the Israelites[H3478] were troubled[H926].
2. And Ish-bosheth[H7586], Saul's 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] the Beerothite[H886], of the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] (for Beeroth[H881] also is reckoned[H2803] to Benjamin[H1144]:
3. and the Beerothites[H886] fled[H1272] to Gittaim[H1664], and have been sojourners[H1481] there until this day[H3117]).
4. Now Jonathan[H3083], Saul[H7586]'s 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[H2648], as she made haste 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], as he took[H7901] his rest[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 in the body[H2570]: and Rechab[H7394] and Baanah[H1196] his brother[H251] escaped[H4422].
7. Now when they came[H935] into the house[H1004], as he lay[H7901] on his bed[H4296] in his bedchamber[H2315], they smote[H5221] him[H4191], and slew him[H5493], and beheaded him[H3947], and took his head[H7218], and went[H3212] by the way[H1870] of the Arabah[H6160] all night[H3915].
8. And they brought[H935] the head[H7218] of Ish-bosheth[H378] unto David[H1732] to Hebron[H2275], and said[H559] to the king[H4428], Behold[H7218], the head of Ish-bosheth[H378], the son[H1121] of Saul[H7586], thine enemy[H341], who sought[H1245] thy life[H5315]; and Jehovah[H3068] hath[H5414] avenged[H5360] my lord[H3068] the king[H4428] this day[H3117] of Saul[H7586], and of his seed[H2233].
9. And David[H1732] answered[H6030] Rechab[H7394] and Baanah[H1196] his brother[H251], the sons[H1121] of Rimmon[H7417] the Beerothite[H886], and said[H559] unto them[H3068], As Jehovah liveth[H2416], who hath redeemed[H6299] my soul[H5315] out of all adversity[H6869],
10. when one told[H5046] me[H559], saying, Behold[H7586], Saul is dead[H4191], thinking to have brought[H5869] good tidings[H1319], I took hold[H270] of him[H2026], and slew him in Ziklag[H6860], which was the reward I gave[H5414] him for his tidings[H1309].
11. How much more[H7563], when wicked men[H582] have slain[H2026] a righteous[H6662] person[H376] in his own house[H1004] upon his bed[H4904], shall I not now require[H1245] his blood[H1818] of your hand[H3027], and take you away[H1197] from the earth[H776]?
12. And David[H1732] commanded[H6680] his young men[H5288], and they slew[H2026] them[H7112], and cut off their hands[H3027] and their feet[H7272], and hanged them up[H8518] beside the pool[H1295] in Hebron[H2275]. But they took[H3947] the head[H7218] of Ish-bosheth[H378], and buried[H6912] it in the grave[H6913] of Abner[H74] in Hebron[H2275].
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