The Murder of Ish-bosheth 1 ULT And the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, and his hands dropped, and all of Israel was terrified. BSB BSB: Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
2 ULT Now two men, commanders of troops, were{ to} the son of Saul. The name of the one{ was} Baanah, and the name of the second{ was} Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, from the sons of Benjamin, for Beeroth is also reckoned to Benjamin. BSB BSB: 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,
3 ULT (But the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and they have been sojourning there to this day.) BSB BSB: because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
4 ULT Now to Jonathan, the son of Saul,{ was} a son, lame of feet. He was a son of five years when the report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. And his nurse picked him up and fled. And it happened, when she hurried to flee, that he fell and became lame. And his name{ was} Mephibosheth. BSB BSB: 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.
5 ULT And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and they came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish Bosheth, and he was lying{ on} the bed of noon. BSB BSB: 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.
6 ULT And behold, they came to the midst of the house, takers of wheat, and they struck him in the stomach. And Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. BSB BSB: 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.
7 ULT For they entered the house, and he was lying on his bed in the chamber of his bed, and they struck him, and they killed him, and they removed his head. And they took his head, and they walked the way of the Arabah all of the night. BSB BSB: 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.
8 ULT And they brought the head of Ish Bosheth to David{ at} Hebron, and they said to the king,“Behold, the head of Ish Bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Now Yahweh has given to my lord the king vengeance this day against Saul and against his seed.” BSB BSB: 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.”
The Execution of Rechab and Baanah 9 ULT But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and he said to them,“The life of Yahweh, who rescued my life from every distress, BSB BSB: 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,
10 ULT that the one declaring to me, saying,‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and in his eyes he was like a bringer of{ good} news, that I seized him, and I killed him at Ziklag, which{ was} me giving him a reward for good news. BSB BSB: 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!
11 ULT How much more, when wicked men have murdered a righteous man in his house on his bed! And now, shall I not seek his blood from your hand and consume you from the earth?” BSB BSB: 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!”
12 ULT And David commanded the young men, and they killed them, and they cut off their hands and their feet, and they hung{ them} beside the pool in Hebron. But the head of Ish Bosheth, they took and buried in the grave of Abner in Hebron. BSB BSB: 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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