2. Samuel 4 – Studienbibel

1 And when Saul's7586 son1121 heard8085 that Abner74 was dead4191 in Hebron2275, his hands3027 were feeble7503, and all the Israelites3478 were troubled926. 2 And Saul's7586 son1121 had1961 two8147 men582 that were captains8269 of bands1416: the name8034 of the one259 was Baanah1196, and the name8034 of the other8145 Rechab7394, the sons1121 of Rimmon7417 a Beerothite886, of the children1121 of Benjamin1144: (for Beeroth881 also was reckoned2803 to Benjamin1144:¹ 3 And the Beerothites886 fled1272 to Gittaim1664, and were sojourners1481 there until this day3117.) 4 And Jonathan3083, Saul's7586 son1121, had a son1121 that was lame5223 of his feet7272. He was five2568 years8141 old1121 when the tidings8052 came935 of Saul7586 and Jonathan3083 out of Jezreel3157, and his nurse539 took him up5375, and fled5127: and it came to pass, as she made haste2648 to flee5127, that he fell5307, and became lame6452. And his name8034 was Mephibosheth4648.² 5 And the sons1121 of Rimmon7417 the Beerothite886, Rechab7394 and Baanah1196, went3212, and came935 about the heat2527 of the day3117 to the house1004 of Ishbosheth378, who lay7901 on a bed4904 at noon6672. 6 And they came thither935 into the midst8432 of the house1004, as though they would have fetched3947 wheat2406; and they smote5221 him under the fifth2570 rib: and Rechab7394 and Baanah1196 his brother251 escaped4422. 7 For when they came935 into the house1004, he lay7901 on his bed4296 in his bedchamber2315 4904, and they smote5221 him, and slew4191 him, and beheaded5493 him, and took3947 his head7218, and gat them away3212 through1870 the plain6160 all night3915. 8 And they brought935 the head7218 of Ishbosheth378 unto David1732 to Hebron2275, and said559 to the king4428, Behold the head7218 of Ishbosheth378 the son1121 of Saul7586 thine enemy341, which sought1245 thy life5315; and the LORD3068 hath5414 avenged5360 my lord113 the king4428 this day3117 of Saul7586, and of his seed2233.

9 And David1732 answered6030 Rechab7394 and Baanah1196 his brother251, the sons1121 of Rimmon7417 the Beerothite886, and said559 unto them, As the LORD3068 liveth2416, who hath redeemed6299 my soul5315 out of all adversity6869, 10 When one told5046 me, saying559, Behold, Saul7586 is dead4191, thinking to have brought5869 good tidings1319, I took hold270 of him, and slew2026 him in Ziklag6860, who thought that I would have given5414 him a reward for his tidings1309:³⁴ 11 How much more, when wicked7563 men582 have slain2026 a righteous6662 person376 in his own house1004 upon his bed4904? shall I not therefore now require1245 his blood1818 of your hand3027, and take you away1197 from the earth776? 12 And David1732 commanded6680 his young men5288, and they slew2026 them, and cut off7112 their hands3027 and their feet7272, and hanged them up8518 over the pool1295 in Hebron2275. But they took3947 the head7218 of Ishbosheth378, and buried6912 it in the sepulchre6913 of Abner74 in Hebron2275.