1 And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" Ish-bosheth, Saul|strong="H7586"’s son|strong="H1121", heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Abner was|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275", his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" became|strong="H7586" feeble|strong="H7503", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" troubled.
2 And|strong="H1121" Ish-bosheth, Saul|strong="H7586"’s son|strong="H1121", had two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" bands|strong="H1416": the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" Baanah|strong="H1196", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H8145" Rechab|strong="H7394", the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rimmon|strong="H7417" the|strong="H5921" Beerothite, of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" (for|strong="H3588" Beeroth also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" reckoned|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1961" Benjamin|strong="H1144":
3 and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Beerothites fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H5704" Gittaim|strong="H1664", and|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" sojourners|strong="H1481" there|strong="H8033" until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117").
4 Now|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3083", Saul|strong="H7586"’s son|strong="H1121", had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" that|strong="H8141" was|strong="H8034" lame|strong="H5223" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" feet|strong="H7272". He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H8034" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5375" tidings|strong="H8052" came|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" out|strong="H5307" of|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157"; and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" nurse took|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375", and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127": and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5375" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961", as|strong="H1961" she made|strong="H1961" haste|strong="H2648" to|strong="H1961" flee|strong="H5127", that|strong="H8141" he|strong="H2568" fell|strong="H5307", and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H1961" lame|strong="H5223". And|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648".
5 And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rimmon|strong="H7417" the|strong="H3117" Beerothite, Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H1121" Baanah|strong="H1196", went|strong="H3212", and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H3212" about|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" heat|strong="H2527" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3117" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Ish-bosheth, as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" took his|strong="H3117" rest|strong="H7901" at|strong="H1004" noon|strong="H6672".
6 And|strong="H1004" they|strong="H2007" came thither into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3947" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004", as|strong="H5704" though they|strong="H2007" would have|strong="H7394" fetched|strong="H3947" wheat|strong="H2406"; and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H2007" smote|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" body: and|strong="H1004" Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H1004" Baanah|strong="H1196" his|strong="H3947" brother escaped|strong="H4422".
7 Now|strong="H3947" when|strong="H7901" they|strong="H5921" came|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", as|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" bed|strong="H4904" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" bedchamber|strong="H2315", they|strong="H5921" smote|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3212" slew|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3212" beheaded|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3212" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H3212" went|strong="H3212" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Arabah|strong="H6160" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915".
8 And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Ish-bosheth unto|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H3068" Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1121" said to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428", Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Ish-bosheth, the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", thine|strong="H5414" enemy, who|strong="H3068" sought|strong="H1245" thy|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315"; and|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068" hath|strong="H3068" avenged|strong="H5360" my|strong="H5414" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" seed|strong="H2233".
9 And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H6030" Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H1121" Baanah|strong="H1196" his|strong="H3605" brother, the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rimmon|strong="H7417" the|strong="H3605" Beerothite, and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H6030" unto|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6030", As|strong="H5315" Jehovah|strong="H3068" liveth|strong="H2416", who|strong="H3605" hath|strong="H3068" redeemed|strong="H6299" my|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" adversity|strong="H6869",
10 when|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414", saying, Behold|strong="H2009", Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H1931" dead|strong="H4191", thinking to|strong="H4191" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H5414" good|strong="H1319" tidings|strong="H1319", I|strong="H3588" took|strong="H1961" hold|strong="H5414" of|strong="H5869" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H5869" slew|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H4191" Ziklag|strong="H6860", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" reward|strong="H1309" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5414" tidings|strong="H1319".
11 How|strong="H3588" much|strong="H3027" more|strong="H4480", when|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" men|strong="H7563" have|strong="H3027" slain|strong="H2026" a|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6662" person|strong="H1245" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H3027" house|strong="H1004" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4904", shall|strong="H1004" I|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" require|strong="H1245" his|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" take|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" away|strong="H1197" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" earth?
12 And|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" slew|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" their|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3947" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H3027" hung|strong="H8518" them|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pool|strong="H1295" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275". But|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" Ish-bosheth, and|strong="H3027" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" grave|strong="H6913" of|strong="H3027" Abner in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275".