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.

1 Kai Sauliaus sūnus išgirdo, kad Abneras žuvo Hebrone, nusviro jo rankos, ir visas Izraelis susijaudino.

2 Sauliaus sūnus turėjo du vyrus, pulkų vadus Baaną ir Rechabą, beerotiečio Rimono sūnus iš Benjamino giminės, nes Beerotas priklausė Benjaminui.

3 Beerotiečiai atbėgo į Gitaimus ir ten liko ateiviais iki šios dienos.

4 Sauliaus sūnus Jehonatanas turėjo luošą sūnų. Jis buvo penkerių metų, kai iš Jezreelio atėjo žinia apie Saulių ir Jehonataną. Jo auklė, paėmusi jį, bėgo. Jai beskubant, jis krito ir tapo luošas. Jo vardas buvo Mefi Bošetas.

5 Beerotiečio Rimono sūnūs Rechabas ir Baana atėjo pačioje dienos kaitroje į Išbošeto namus, kai tas miegojo ant lovos vidudienį.

6 Jie įėjo į jo namus tarsi kviečių pasiimti, nudūrė jį į pilvą ir pabėgo.

7 Kai jie įėjo į namus, Išbošetas miegojo ant lovos savo miegamajame. Jie užmušė jį, nukirto galvą ir, ja nešini, ėjo visą naktį per dykumą.

8 Atnešę galvą į Hebroną pas Dovydą, tarė jam: "Štai galva Sauliaus sūnaus, tavo priešo Išbošeto, kuris ieškojo tavo gyvybės. Šiandien Viešpats atkeršijo Sauliui ir jo palikuonims už mūsų karalių".

9 Dovydas tarė Rechabui ir jo broliui Baanai, beerotiečio Rimono sūnums: "Kaip gyvas Viešpats, kuris išgelbėjo mano sielą iš visokių nelaimių,

10 tą, kuris man pranešė apie Sauliaus mirtį, galvodamas, kad atnešė man gerą žinią, aš nutvėriau ir nužudžiau Ciklage, užuot jį apdovanojęs už tokią žinią.

11 Juo labiau, kai piktadariai nužudė teisų vyrą jo namuose, gulintį lovoje. Ar aš neturiu pareikalauti jo kraujo iš jūsų rankų, pašalindamas jus nuo žemės paviršiaus?"

12 Dovydas įsakė jaunuoliams, ir tie nužudė juos, nukirto jiems rankas ir kojas ir pakorė Hebrone prie tvenkinio. O Išbošeto galvą jie palaidojo Hebrone, Abnero kape.