Da Sauls sønn hørte at Abner var død i Hebron, ble han motløs, og alle israelittene ble urolige.

And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

Sauls sønn hadde to menn som var førere for røverbander: den ene het Baanah, og den andre het Rekab, sønner av Rimmon fra Beerot, av Benjamins stamme (for Beerot regnes også til Benjamin).

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:

Beerotittene flyktet til Gittajim, og har bodd som innvandrere der til denne dag.

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

Jonathan, Sauls sønn, hadde en sønn som var lam i begge føttene. Han var fem år gammel da nyheten om Saul og Jonathan kom fra Jisre'el. Hans barnepike tok ham opp og flyktet, men i hastverket falt han og ble lam. Hans navn var Mefibosjet.

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.

Sønnene til Rimmon fra Beerot, Rekab og Baanah, dro og kom ved middagstid til huset til Isjbosjet, mens han lå og hvilte.

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

De kom inn i midten av huset som om de skulle hente hvete, og de stakk ham under den femte ribben. Slik unnslapp Rekab og Baanah, brødrene hans.

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.

Da de kom inn i huset, lå han på sengen i sitt sovekammer, og de slo ham, drepte ham og hogg av hodet hans. Så tok de hodet og reiste gjennom sletten hele natten.

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.

De brakte hodet til Isjbosjet til David i Hebron og sa til kongen: «Se hodet til Isjbosjet, sønn av din fiende Saul, som forsøkte å ta ditt liv. Herren har i dag hevnet min herre kongen av Saul og hans etterkommere.»

And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth 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.

David svarte Rechab og Baanah, hans bror, sønner av Rimmon fra Beerot: «Så sant Herren lever, som har reddet min sjel fra all nød,

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,

den gang noen fortalte meg og sa: 'Se, Saul er død', i tro om at han brakte gode nyheter, grep jeg ham og drepte ham i Siklag. Det var den lønnen jeg ga ham for hans budskap.

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:

Hvor mye mer når ugudelige menn har drept en rettferdig mann i hans eget hus, på hans seng? Skal jeg ikke nå kreve hans blod fra dere og utrydde dere fra jorden?»

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?

Og David befalte sine unge menn, og de drepte dem, og skar av hendene og føttene deres, og hang dem opp ved dammen i Hebron. Men de tok hodet til Isjbosjet og begravde det i Abners grav i Hebron.

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 Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.