And when [Ish-bosheth], Saul's{H7586} 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}

And [Ish-bosheth], Saul's{H7586} 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}

and the Beerothites{H886} fled{H1272} to Gittaim,{H1664} and have been sojourners{H1481} there until this day).{H3117}

Now 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} 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, as she made haste{H2648} to flee,{H5127} that he fell,{H5307} and became lame.{H6452} And his name{H8034} was Mephibosheth.{H4648}

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}

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}

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, and slew{H4191} him, and beheaded{H5493} him, and took{H3947} his head,{H7218} and went{H3212} by the way{H1870} of the Arabah{H6160} all night.{H3915}

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, the head{H7218} 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}

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, As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} who hath redeemed{H6299} my soul{H5315} out of all adversity,{H6869}

when one told{H5046} me, saying,{H559} Behold, Saul{H7586} is dead,{H4191} thinking to have brought{H5869} good tidings,{H1319} I took hold{H270} of him, and slew{H2026} him in Ziklag,{H6860} which was the reward I gave{H5414} him for his tidings.{H1309}

How much more, when wicked{H7563} 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}

And David{H1732} commanded{H6680} his young men,{H5288} and they slew{H2026} them, and cut off{H7112} 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}