4:1
audivit autem filius Saul quod cecidisset Abner in Hebron etdissolutae sunt manus eius omnisque Israhel perturbatus est

4:2
duo autem viri principes latronum erant filio Saul nomen uniBaana et nomen alteri Rechab filii Remmon Berothitae de filiisBeniamin siquidem et Beroth reputata est in Beniamin

4:3
et fugerunt Berothitae in Getthaim fueruntque ibi advenaeusque in tempus illud

4:4
erat autem Ionathan filio Saul filius debilis pedibusquinquennis enim fuit quando venit nuntius de Saul et Ionathanex Iezrahel tollens itaque eum nutrix sua fugit cumquefestinaret ut fugeret cecidit et claudus effectus est habuitquevocabulum Mifiboseth

4:5
venientes igitur filii Remmon Berothitae Rechab et Baanaingressi sunt fervente die domum Hisboseth qui dormiebat superstratum suum meridie

4:6
ingressi sunt autem domum adsumentes spicas tritici etpercusserunt eum in inguine Rechab et Baana frater eius etfugerunt

4:7
cum autem ingressi fuissent domum ille dormiebat superlectulum suum in conclavi et percutientes interfecerunt eumsublatoque capite eius abierunt per viam deserti tota nocte

4:8
et adtulerunt caput Hisboseth ad David in Hebron dixeruntquead regem ecce caput Hisboseth filii Saul inimici tui quiquaerebat animam tuam et dedit Dominus domino meo regi ultioneshodie de Saul et de semine eius

4:9
respondens autem David Rechab et Baana fratri eius filiisRemmon Berothei dixit ad eos vivit Dominus qui eruit animammeam de omni angustia

4:10
quoniam eum qui adnuntiaverat mihi et dixerat mortuus estSaul qui putabat se prospera nuntiare tenui et occidi inSiceleg cui oportebat me dare mercedem pro nuntio

4:11
quanto magis nunc cum homines impii interfecerint viruminnoxium in domo sua super lectulum suum non quaeram sanguinemeius de manu vestra et auferam vos de terra

4:12
praecepit itaque David pueris et interfecerunt eospraecidentesque manus et pedes eorum suspenderunt eos superpiscinam in Hebron caput autem Hisboseth tulerunt etsepelierunt in sepulchro Abner in Hebron

Continued...

004:001
And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

004:002
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.

004:003
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

004:004
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.

004:005
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

004:006
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.

004:007
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.

004:008
And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth 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.

004:009
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,

004:010
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:

004:011
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?

004:012
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 Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

Back to Top