4:1 When
Ish-bosheth,
Saul's
son,
heard
that
Abner
had
died
at
Hebron,
his
courage
failed,
and
all
Israel
was
dismayed.
4:2 Now
Saul's
son
had
two
men
who
were
captains
of
raiding
bands;
the
name
of
the
one
was
Baanah,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Rechab,
sons
of
Rimmon
a
man
of
Benjamin
from
Beeroth
(for
Beeroth
also
is
counted
part
of
Benjamin;
4:3 the
Beerothites
fled
to
Gittaim
and
have
been
sojourners
there
to
this
day).
4:4 Jonathan,
the
son
of
Saul,
had
a
son
who
was
crippled
in
his
feet.
He
was
five
years
old
when
the
news
about
Saul
and
Jonathan
came
from
Jezreel,
and
his
nurse
took
him
up
and
fled,
and
as
she
fled
in
her
haste,
he
fell
and
became
lame.
And
his
name
was
Mephibosheth.
4:5 Now
the
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite,
Rechab
and
Baanah,
set
out,
and
about
the
heat
of
the
day
they
came
to
the
house
of
Ish-bosheth
as
he
was
taking
his
noonday
rest.
4:6 And
they
came
into
the
midst
of
the
house
as
if
to
get
wheat,
and
they
stabbed
him
in
the
stomach.
Then
Rechab
and
Baanah
his
brother
escaped.
4:7 When
they
came
into
the
house,
as
he
lay
on
his
bed
in
his
bedroom,
they
struck
him
and
put
him
to
death
and
beheaded
him.
They
took
his
head
and
went
by
the
way
of
the
Arabah
all
night,
4:8 and
brought
the
head
of
Ish-bosheth
to
David
at
Hebron.
And
they
said
to
the
king,
"Here
is
the
head
of
Ish-bosheth,
the
son
of
Saul,
your
enemy,
who
sought
your
life.
The
LORD
has
avenged
my
lord
the
king
this
day
on
Saul
and
on
his
offspring."
4:9 But
David
answered
Rechab
and
Baanah
his
brother,
the
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite,
"As
the
LORD
lives,
who
has
redeemed
my
life
out
of
every
adversity,
4:10 when
one
told
me,
'Behold,
Saul
is
dead,'
and
thought
he
was
bringing
good
news,
I
seized
him
and
killed
him
at
Ziklag,
which
was
the
reward
I
gave
him
for
his
news.
4:11 How
much
more,
when
wicked
men
have
killed
a
righteous
man
in
his
own
house
on
his
bed,
shall
I
not
now
require
his
blood
at
your
hand
and
destroy
you
from
the
earth"
4:12 And
David
commanded
his
young
men,
and
they
killed
them
and
cut
off
their
hands
and
feet
and
hanged
them
beside
the
pool
at
Hebron.
But
they
took
the
head
of
Ish-bosheth
and
buried
it
in
the
tomb
of
Abner
at
Hebron.