4:1 And Jebosthe the son of Saul heard that
Abenner the son of Ner had died in Chebron; and his hands were paralyzed,
and all the men of Israel grew faint.
4:2 And Jebosthe the son of Saul had two men that were captains of bands:
the name of the one [was] Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, sons of
Remmon the Berothite of the children of Benjamin; for Beroth was reckoned to
the children of Benjamin.
4:3 And the Berothites ran away to Gethaim, and were sojourners there until
this day.
4:4 And Jonathan Saul's son [had] a son lame of his feet, five years old,
and he was [in the way] when the news of Saul and Jonathan his son came from
Jezrael, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass as he
hasted and retreated, that he fell, and was lamed. And his name [was]
Memphibosthe.
4:5 And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they
came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping
on a bed at noon.
4:6 And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered
and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baana went privily into the house:
4:7 And Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him,
and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all
the night by the western road.
4:8 And they brought the head of Jebosthe to David to Chebron, and they said
to the king, Behold the head of Jebosthe the son of Saul thy enemy, who
sought thy life; and Yehovah has executed for my lord the king vengeance on
his enemies, as [it is] this day: even on Saul thy enemy, and on his seed.
4:9 And David answered and Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon
the Berothite, and said to them, [As] Yehovah lives, who has redeemed my
soul out of all affliction;
4:10 he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing
glad tidings before me: but I seized him and slew him in Sekelac, to whom I
ought, [as he thought], to have given a reward or his tidings.
4:11 And now evil men have slain a righteous men in his house on his bed:
now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from
off the earth.
4:12 And David commanded his young men, and they slay them, and cut off
their hands and their feet; and they hung them up at the fountain in Chebron:
and they buried the head of Jebosthe in the tomb of Abenezer the son of Ner. |
4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was
dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
4:2 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.
4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until
this day.)
4:4 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.
4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came
about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at
noon.
4:6 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.
4:7 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.
4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said
to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy,
which sought thy life; and Yehovah hath avenged my lord the king this day
of Saul, and of his seed.
4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the
Beerothite, and said unto them, As Yehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my
soul out of all adversity,
4:10 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:
4:11 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?
4:12 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 Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in
Hebron. |