2 Samuel 4

1 ♥ 📝 A nd when [Ish-bosheth], Saul's^H7586 son,^H1121 heard^H8085 that Abner^H74 was dead^H4191 in Hebron,^H2275 his hands^H3027 became feeble,^H7503 and all the Israelites^H3478 were troubled.^H926

2 ♥ 📝 And [Ish-bosheth], Saul's^H7586 son,^H1121 [had]^H1961 two^H8147 men^H582 that were captains^H8269 of bands:^H1416 the name^H8034 of the one^H259 was Baanah,^H1196 and the name^H8034 of the other^H8145 Rechab,^H7394 the sons^H1121 of Rimmon^H7417 the Beerothite,^H886 of the children^H1121 of Benjamin^H1144 (for Beeroth^H881 also is reckoned^H2803 to Benjamin:^H1144

3 ♥ 📝 and the Beerothites^H886 fled^H1272 to Gittaim,^H1664 and have been sojourners^H1481 there until this day).^H3117

4 ♥ 📝 Now Jonathan,^H3083 Saul's^H7586 son,^H1121 had a son^H1121 that was lame^H5223 of his feet.^H7272 He was five^H2568 years^H8141 old^H1121 when the tidings^H8052 came^H935 of Saul^H7586 and Jonathan^H3083 out of Jezreel;^H3157 and his nurse^H539 took him up,^H5375 and fled:^H5127 and it came to pass, as she made haste^H2648 to flee,^H5127 that he fell,^H5307 and became lame.^H6452 And his name^H8034 was Mephibosheth.^H4648

5 ♥ 📝 And the sons^H1121 of Rimmon^H7417 the Beerothite,^H886 Rechab^H7394 and Baanah,^H1196 went,^H3212 and came^H935 about the heat^H2527 of the day^H3117 to the house^H1004 of Ish-bosheth,^H378 as he took^H7901 his rest^H4904 at noon.^H6672

6 ♥ 📝 And they came thither^H935 into the midst^H8432 of the house,^H1004 as though they would have fetched^H3947 wheat;^H2406 and they smote^H5221 him in the body:^H2570 and Rechab^H7394 and Baanah^H1196 his brother^H251 escaped.^H4422

7 ♥ 📝 Now when they came^H935 into the house,^H1004 as he lay^H7901 on his bed^H4296 in his bedchamber,^H2315 they smote^H5221 him, and slew^H4191 him, and beheaded^H5493 him, and took^H3947 his head,^H7218 and went^H3212 by the way^H1870 of the Arabah^H6160 all night.^H3915

8 ♥ 📝 And they brought^H935 the head^H7218 of Ish-bosheth^H378 unto David^H1732 to Hebron,^H2275 and said^H559 to the king,^H4428 Behold, the head^H7218 of Ish-bosheth,^H378 the son^H1121 of Saul,^H7586 thine enemy,^H341 who sought^H1245 thy life;^H5315 and Jehovah^H3068 hath^H5414 avenged^H5360 my lord^H3068 the king^H4428 this day^H3117 of Saul,^H7586 and of his seed.^H2233

9 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 answered^H6030 Rechab^H7394 and Baanah^H1196 his brother,^H251 the sons^H1121 of Rimmon^H7417 the Beerothite,^H886 and said^H559 unto them, As Jehovah^H3068 liveth,^H2416 who hath redeemed^H6299 my soul^H5315 out of all adversity,^H6869

10 ♥ 📝 when one told^H5046 me, saying,^H559 Behold, Saul^H7586 is dead,^H4191 thinking to have brought^H5869 good tidings,^H1319 I took hold^H270 of him, and slew^H2026 him in Ziklag,^H6860 which was the reward I gave^H5414 him for his tidings.^H1309

11 ♥ 📝 How much more, when wicked^H7563 men^H582 have slain^H2026 a righteous^H6662 person^H376 in his own house^H1004 upon his bed,^H4904 shall I not now require^H1245 his blood^H1818 of your hand,^H3027 and take you away^H1197 from the earth?^H776

12 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 commanded^H6680 his young men,^H5288 and they slew^H2026 them, and cut off^H7112 their hands^H3027 and their feet,^H7272 and hanged them up^H8518 beside the pool^H1295 in Hebron.^H2275 But they took^H3947 the head^H7218 of Ish-bosheth,^H378 and buried^H6912 it in the grave^H6913 of Abner^H74 in Hebron.^H2275