4When Saul's son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed and all of Israel was disturbed.H7586H1121H8085H74H4191H2275H3027H7503H3478H9262Now Saul's son had two officers in charge of some raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other was named Rechab. They were sons of Rimmon, a Benjaminite from Beeroth, which was considered to belong to the tribe of Benjamin.H7586H1121H1961H8147H582H8269H1416H8034H259H1196H8034H8145H7394H1121H7417H886H1121H1144H881H2803H11443(The residents of Beeroth had evacuated to Gittaim and live there as resident aliens to this day.)H886H1272H1664H1481H31174Meanwhile, Saul's son Jonathan had a son whose feet were crippled. When he was five years old, news had arrived about Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, and his nurse picked him up to flee, but in her hurry to leave, he happened to fall and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.H3083H7586H1121H1121H5223H7272H2568H8141H1121H8052H935H7586H3083H3157H539H5375H5127H2648H5127H5307H6452H8034H46485Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, left and arrived during the hottest part of the day at the home of Ish-bosheth while he was taking a noon day nap.H1121H7417H886H7394H1196H3212H935H2527H3117H1004H378H7901H4904H66726They entered the house as though they intended to obtain some grain and stabbed him in the abdomen. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.H935H8432H1004H3947H2406H5221H2570H7394H1196H251H44227While they were in the house, they struck him, killed him, and cut off his head while he was lying on his bed in his bedroom. They took his head, and traveled all night along the Arabah road.H935H1004H7901H4296H2315H4904H5221H4191H5493H3947H7218H3212H1870H6160H3915
David Punishes the Killers of Ish-bosheth
8They brought Ish-bosheth's head to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Look! Here's the head of your enemy Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, who sought your life. Today the Lord has given your majesty the king vengeance on Saul and his descendants."H935H7218H378H1732H2275H559H4428H7218H378H1121H7586H341H1245H5315H3068H5414H5360H113H4428H3117H7586H22339David responded to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite: "As the Lord lives, who has saved my life in every adversity,H1732H6030H7394H1196H251H1121H7417H886H559H3068H2416H6299H5315H686910when the man who told me 'Look! Saul is dead!' thought he was bringing me good news, I arrested him and had him killed at Ziklag as the reward I gave him for his news.H5046H559H7586H4191H5869H1319H270H2026H6860H5414H130911How much worse will it be, then, when evil men kill an innocent man on his own bed in his own house! Shouldn't I avenge his blood - which you are responsible for shedding - by removing you from the earth?"H7563H582H2026H6662H376H1004H4904H1245H1818H3027H1197H77612So David commanded his personal guards, and they killed Rechab and Baanah, cut off their hands and feet, and hung up their bodies beside the pool at Hebron. They took Ish-bosheth's head and buried it in Abner's tomb at Hebron.411H1732H6680H5288H2026H7112H3027H7272H8518H1295H2275H3947H7218H378H6912H6913H74H2275
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