And when Saul's{H7586} son{H1121} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} that Abner{H74} was dead{H4191}{(H8804)} in Hebron{H2275}, his hands{H3027} were feeble{H7503}{(H8799)}, and all the Israelites{H3478} were troubled{H926}{(H8738)}.

And Saul's{H7586} son{H1121} had{H1961}{(H8804)} 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} a Beerothite{H886}, of the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144}:(for Beeroth{H881} also was reckoned{H2803}{(H8735)} to Benjamin{H1144}:

And the Beerothites{H886} fled{H1272}{(H8799)} to Gittaim{H1664}, and were sojourners{H1481}{(H8802)} there until this day{H3117}.)

And 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}{(H8800)} of Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3083} out of Jezreel{H3157}, and his nurse{H539}{(H8802)} took him up{H5375}{(H8799)}, and fled{H5127}{(H8799)}: and it came to pass, as she made haste{H2648}{(H8800)} to flee{H5127}{(H8800)}, that he fell{H5307}{(H8799)}, and became lame{H6452}{(H8735)}. And his name{H8034} was Mephibosheth{H4648}.

And the sons{H1121} of Rimmon{H7417} the Beerothite{H886}, Rechab{H7394} and Baanah{H1196}, went{H3212}{(H8799)}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} about the heat{H2527} of the day{H3117} to the house{H1004} of Ishbosheth{H378}, who lay{H7901}{(H8802)} on a bed{H4904} at noon{H6672}.

And they came thither{H935}{(H8804)} into the midst{H8432} of the house{H1004}, as though they would have fetched{H3947}{(H8802)} wheat{H2406}; and they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him under the fifth{H2570} rib: and Rechab{H7394} and Baanah{H1196} his brother{H251} escaped{H4422}{(H8738)}.

For when they came{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004}, he lay{H7901}{(H8802)} on his bed{H4296} in his bedchamber{H2315}{H4904}, and they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him, and slew{H4191}{(H8686)} him, and beheaded{H5493}{(H8686)} him, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} his head{H7218}, and gat them away{H3212}{(H8799)} through{H1870} the plain{H6160} all night{H3915}.

And they brought{H935}{(H8686)} the head{H7218} of Ishbosheth{H378} unto David{H1732} to Hebron{H2275}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428}, Behold the head{H7218} of Ishbosheth{H378} the son{H1121} of Saul{H7586} thine enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, which sought{H1245}{(H8765)} thy life{H5315}; and the LORD{H3068} hath{H5414}{(H8799)} avenged{H5360} my lord{H113} the king{H4428} this day{H3117} of Saul{H7586}, and of his seed{H2233}.

And David{H1732} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} Rechab{H7394} and Baanah{H1196} his brother{H251}, the sons{H1121} of Rimmon{H7417} the Beerothite{H886}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, As the LORD{H3068} liveth{H2416}, who hath redeemed{H6299}{(H8804)} my soul{H5315} out of all adversity{H6869},

When one told{H5046}{(H8688)} me, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Behold, Saul{H7586} is dead{H4191}{(H8804)}, thinking to have brought{H5869} good tidings{H1319}{(H8764)}, I took hold{H270}{(H8799)} of him, and slew{H2026}{(H8799)} him in Ziklag{H6860}, who thought that I would have given{H5414}{(H8800)} him a reward for his tidings{H1309}:

How much more, when wicked{H7563} men{H582} have slain{H2026}{(H8804)} a righteous{H6662} person{H376} in his own house{H1004} upon his bed{H4904}? shall I not therefore now require{H1245}{(H8762)} his blood{H1818} of your hand{H3027}, and take you away{H1197}{(H8765)} from the earth{H776}?

And David{H1732} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} his young men{H5288}, and they slew{H2026}{(H8799)} them, and cut off{H7112}{(H8762)} their hands{H3027} and their feet{H7272}, and hanged them up{H8518}{(H8799)} over the pool{H1295} in Hebron{H2275}. But they took{H3947}{(H8804)} the head{H7218} of Ishbosheth{H378}, and buried{H6912}{(H8799)} it in the sepulchre{H6913} of Abner{H74} in Hebron{H2275}.