Now when (Ish-bosheth) son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron , he lost courage , and all Israel was dismayed.
Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties .... One (was) named Baanah ... and the other Rechab ; (they were) sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin — ... Beeroth - is considered part of Benjamin ,
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son (who was) lame in (his) feet. He was five years old ... when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled , ... but as she was hurrying to escape , he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
Now Rechab and Baanah , the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite , set out and arrived at the house vvv of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day , while the king was taking his midday nap - -.
- They entered ... the interior of the house as if to get some wheat , and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed ... ... , and having stabbed and killed him , they beheaded - him , took - his head , and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
They brought - the head vvv of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king , “ Here is the head vvv of Ish-bosheth son of Saul , your enemy who sought - your life. Today ... the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring. ”
But David - answered Rechab and his brother Baanah , the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite - “ As surely as the LORD lives , who has redeemed - my life from all distress ,
when someone told ... ‘ Look , Saul is dead , ’ and thought he was a bearer of good news , I seized and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for (his) news !
How much more , when wicked men kill - a righteous man in his own house (and) on his own bed , shall I not now ... require - his blood from your hands and remove you - from the earth ! ”
So David - commanded his young men , and they killed (Rechab and Baanah). They cut off - their hands - and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron , - but they took the head vvv of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.