2Samuel:4

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* And when Sauls son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron , his hands were feeble , and all the Israelites were troubled . * And Sauls son had two men that were captains of bands : the name of the one was Baanah Ba #anah #, and the name of the other Rechab , the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite B @#erothiy #, of the children of Benjamin : (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin : * And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim , and were sojourners there until this day . ) * And Jonathan , Sauls 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 Yizr @#e #l #, 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 the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite B @#erothiy #, Rechab and Baanah Ba #anah #, went , and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth #Iysh-Bosheth #, who lay on a bed at noon . * 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 . * For when they came into the house , he lay on his bed in his bedchamber cheder #, and they smote him , and slew him , and beheaded him , and took his head ro #sh #, and gat them away through the plain all night . * And they brought the head of Ishbosheth #Iysh-Bosheth # unto David to Hebron , and said to the king , Behold the head of Ishbosheth #Iysh-Bosheth # the son of Saul thine enemy , which sought thy life ; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul Sha #uwl #, and of his seed . * And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother , the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite B @#erothiy #, and said unto them , As the LORD liveth , who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity , * 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 : * 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 ? * And David commanded his young men na #ar #, 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 #Iysh-Bosheth #, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron .

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