2 Samuel 4

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1: And when heard_H8085 son_H1121 of Saul_H7586 that_H3588 had died_H4191 Abner_H0074 in Hebron,_H2275 and he lost,_H7503 heart_H3027 and all_H3605 Israel_H3478 was troubled._H0926

2: And two_H8147 men_H0376 [who were] captains_H8269 of troops-_H1416 [had]_H1961 son_H1121 of Saul_H7586 the name_H8034 of one [was]_H0259 Baanah,_H1196 and the name_H8034 of the second_H8145 Rechab,_H7394 the sons_H1121 of Rimmon_H7417 the Beerothite,_H0886 of the sons_H1121 of Benjamin-_H1144 for_H3588 also_H1571 Beeroth_H0881 was [part]_H2803 of_H5921 Benjamin,_H1144

3: and because fled_H1272 the Beerothites_H0886 to Gittaim,_H1664 and have been_H1961 there_H8033 sojourners_H1481 until_H5704 day_H3117 this._H2088

4: And Jonathan,_H3083 son,_H1121 of Saul_H7586 had a son [who was]_H1121 lame in_H5223 [his] feet._H7272 Old_H1121 five_H2568 years_H8141 He was_H1961 when came_H0935 the news about_H8052 Saul_H7586 and Jonathan_H3083 from Jezreel_H3157 and took him up,_H5375 his nurse_H0539 and fled._H5127 And it came to pass,_H1961 as she made haste_H2648 to flee,_H5127 that he fell,_H5307 and became lame_H6452 and His name [was]_H8034 Mephibosheth._H4648

5: And set out,_H1980 the sons_H1121 of Rimmon_H7417 the Beerothite,_H0886 Rechab_H7394 and Baanah_H1196 and came at_H0935 about the heat_H2527 of the day_H3117 to_H0413 the house_H1004 Ishbosheth,_H0378 and he_H1931 was lying_H7901 on_H0853 his bed at_H4904 noon._H6672

6: And they_H2007 came there_H0935 all the way_H5704 into_H8432 the house,_H1004 [as though] to get_H3947 wheat-_H2406 and they stabbed him_H5221 in_H0413 the stomach_H2570 and Rechab_H7394 and Baanah_H1196 his brother_H0251 escaped._H4422

7: For when they came into_H0935 the house,_H1004 and he_H1931 was lying_H7901 on_H5921 his bed_H4296 in_H2315 his bedroom,_H4904 then they struck him_H5221 and killed him_H4191 and beheaded_H5493 -_H0853 him,_H7218 and took_H3947 -_H0853 his head_H7218 and were escaping_H1980 through_H1870 the plain_H6160 all_H3605 night._H3915

8: And they brought_H0935 -_H0853 the head_H7218 Ishbosheth_H0378 to_H0413 David_H1732 at Hebron,_H2275 and said_H0559 to_H0413 the king,_H4428 Here is_H2009 the head_H7218 of Ishbosheth_H0378 son_H1121 of Saul_H7586 your enemy,_H0341 who_H0834 sought_H1245 -_H0853 your life-_H5315 and has avenged_H5414 Yahweh_H3068 my lord_H0113 the king_H4428 has avenged_H5360 day_H3117 this_H2088 of Saul_H7586 and his descendants._H2233

9: But answered_H6030 David_H1732 -_H0853 Rechab_H7394 and_H0853 Baanah_H1196 his brother,_H0251 the sons_H1121 of Rimmon_H7417 the Beerothite,_H0886 and said_H0559 [As] lives,_H2416 Yahweh_H3068 who_H0834 has redeemed_H6299 -_H0853 my life_H5315 from all_H3605 adversity,_H6869

10: when_H3588 someone told_H5046 saying,_H0559 Look,_H2009 is dead,_H4191 Saul_H7586 and he_H1931 to have_H1961 brought good news,_H1319 thought_H5869 and I arrested_H0270 and had him executed_H2026 in Ziklag,_H6860 the one who_H0834 [thought] I would give a reward_H5414 for [his] news-_H1309

11: how much more,_H0637 when_H3588 men_H0376 wicked_H7563 have killed_H2026 -_H0853 a person_H0376 righteous_H6662 in his own house_H1004 on_H5921 his bed?_H4904 therefore now_H6258 shall not_H3808 I require_H1245 -_H0853 his blood_H1818 at your hand,_H3027 and remove_H1197 you_H0853 from,_H4480 the earth?_H0776

12: so commanded_H6680 David_H1732 -_H0853 his young men,_H5288 and they executed them_H2026 and cut off_H7112 -_H0853 their hands_H3027 and_H0853 feet,_H7272 and hanged [them]_H8518 by_H5921 the pool_H1295 in Hebron._H2275 But_H0853 the head_H7218 Ishbosheth,_H0378 they took_H3947 and buried [it]_H6912 in the tomb_H6913 of Abner_H0074 in Hebron._H2275