1 Da sønnen til Saul, Isjbosjet, fikk nyheten om at Abner var død i Hebron, ble hendene hans svake, og alle israelittene ble urolige.

And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

2 Sønnen til Saul hadde to menn, ledere for røverbander, en ved navn Baanah og den andre Rechab, sønner av Rimmon fra Beerot, av Benjamins stamme; (for Beerot ble en gang regnet som en del av Benjamin:

And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands, one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin; (for Beeroth was at one time taken to be part of Benjamin:

3 Men innbyggerne i Beerot hadde flyktet til Gittaim, hvor de har bodd til denne dag.)

But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)

4 Nå hadde Jonatan, Sauls sønn, en sønn som hadde skadede føtter. Han var fem år gammel da nyheten om Sauls og Jonatans død kom fra Jisre'el, og kvinnen som tok vare på ham tok ham opp og flyktet: mens hun skyndte seg å redde ham, falt han og skadet føttene. Han het Mefibosjet.

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.

5 Rekab og Baanah, sønnene til Rimmon fra Beerot, dro ut og kom til huset til Isjbosjet midt på dagen, mens han hvilte seg midt på dagen. Kvinnen som voktet døren holdt da på å rense korn, og ble overmannet av søvn.

And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.

6 Rekab og hans bror Baanah kom seg inn usett.

And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.

7 Da de kom inn i huset, lå Isjbosjet utstrakt på sengen i sitt sovekammer; de angrep ham og drepte ham, kuttet av hodet hans, tok det med og dro av sted på veien gjennom Araba hele natten.

And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

8 De tok hodet til Isjbosjet til David i Hebron, og sa til kongen: Her er hodet til Isjbosjet, sønnen til Saul, din fiende, som ville ta ditt liv; Herren har i dag hevnet seg på Saul og hans ætt for vår herre kongen.

And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.

9 David svarte Rekab og hans bror Baanah, sønnene til Rimmon fra Beerot, og sa til dem: Ved den levende Herren, som har befridd meg fra all min nød,

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,

10 da en kom til meg med nyheten om Sauls død, i troen på at det ville være godt nytt, grep jeg ham og drepte ham i Siklag, som var lønnen jeg ga ham for nyheten:

When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:

11 Hvor mye mer, når onde menn har drept en rettskaffen mann, i hans eget hus, når han sov på sengen, vil jeg ta hevn fra dere for hans blod, og utrydde dere fra jorden?

How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

12 Og David ga ordre til sine unge menn, og de drepte dem, kuttet av deres hender og føtter og hengte dem opp ved siden av dammen i Hebron. Men de tok hodet til Isjbosjet og la det i graven med Abners kropp i Hebron.

And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.