1 audivit autem filius Saul quod cecidisset Abner in
Hebron
et dissolutae sunt manus eius omnisque Israhel perturbatus est
2 duo autem viri principes latronum erant filio Saul
nomen uni Baana et nomen alteri Rechab
filii Remmon Berothitae de filiis Beniamin
siquidem et Beroth reputata est in Beniamin
3 et fugerunt Berothitae in Getthaim
fueruntque ibi advenae usque in tempus illud
4 erat autem Ionathan filio Saul filius debilis pedibus
quinquennis enim fuit
quando venit nuntius de Saul et Ionathan ex Iezrahel
tollens itaque eum nutrix sua fugit
cumque festinaret ut fugeret cecidit et claudus effectus est
habuitque vocabulum Mifiboseth
5 venientes igitur filii Remmon Berothitae Rechab et Baana
ingressi sunt fervente die domum Hisboseth
qui dormiebat super stratum suum meridie
6 ingressi sunt autem domum adsumentes spicas tritici
et percusserunt eum in inguine
Rechab et Baana frater eius et fugerunt
7 cum autem ingressi fuissent domum
ille dormiebat super lectulum suum in conclavi
et percutientes interfecerunt eum
sublatoque capite eius abierunt per viam deserti tota nocte
8 et adtulerunt caput Hisboseth ad David in Hebron
dixeruntque ad regem
ecce caput Hisboseth filii Saul inimici tui
qui quaerebat animam tuam
et dedit Dominus domino meo regi ultiones hodie
de Saul et de semine eius
9 respondens autem David Rechab et Baana fratri eius filiis Remmon
Berothei
dixit ad eos vivit Dominus
qui eruit animam meam de omni angustia
10 quoniam eum qui adnuntiaverat mihi et dixerat mortuus est Saul
qui putabat se prospera nuntiare tenui et occidi in
Siceleg
cui oportebat me dare mercedem pro nuntio
11 quanto magis nunc
cum homines impii interfecerint virum
innoxium
in domo sua super lectulum suum
non quaeram sanguinem eius de manu vestra
et auferam vos de terra
12 praecepit itaque David pueris et interfecerunt eos
praecidentesque manus et pedes eorum
suspenderunt eos super piscinam in Hebron
caput autem Hisboseth tulerunt
et sepelierunt in sepulchro Abner in Hebron
1 And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin: 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) 4 And Jonathan, Saul’s 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, 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. 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 6 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. 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9 ¶ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 10 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: 11 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? 12 And David commanded his young men, 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 Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.