Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
when Saul's
son heard that Abner was
dead
in Hebron, his
hands
were
feeble
, and all the
Israelites
were
troubled
.
Now
when Ish-bosheth
son of
Saul
heard that Abner had
died
in Hebron, he
lost
courage
, and all Israel
was
dismayed
.
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 .
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 ,
And
the Beerothites fled to Gittaim ,
and were
sojourners
there until
this day. )
because
the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have
lived
there as
foreigners
to
this day.
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.
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.
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
.
Now
Rechab
and Baanah,
the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set
out
and arrived
at
the house
of
Ish-bosheth
in
the
heat of the day, while
the
king
was
taking
his
midday
nap
.
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
.
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
.
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.
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
.
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
the LORD hath
avenged
my lord the king this
day
of
Saul ,
and of
his seed
.
They brought the head of Ish-bosheth
to David
at
Hebron and said to the king, “Here
is
the head 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
. ”
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
,
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 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:
when someone
told me, ‘Look
, Saul is dead, ’
and
thought
he
was
a
bearer
of
good news
, I seized
him and put
him to
death
at
Ziklag .
That was
his
reward for his news!
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 ?
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 !”
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.
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 of Ish-bosheth
and buried it in Abner’s
tomb
in Hebron.
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