1 Ao saber que Abner havia morrido em Hebrom, Is-Bosete, filho de Saul, perdeu a coragem, e todo Israel ficou alarmado.
2 Ora, o filho de Saul tinha a seu serviço dois líderes de grupos de ataque. Um deles chamava-se Baaná e o outro, Recabe; ambos filhos de Rimom, de Beerote, da tribo de Benjamim; a cidade de Beerote era considerada parte de Benjamim.
3 O povo de Beerote fugiu para Gitaim e até hoje vive ali como estrangeiro.
4 ( Jônatas, filho de Saul, tinha um filho aleijado dos pés. Ele tinha cinco anos de idade quando chegou a notícia de Jezreel de que Saul e Jônatas haviam morrido. Sua ama o apanhou e fugiu, mas, na pressa, ele o deixou cair e ele ficou manco. Seu nome era Mefibosete. )
5 Aconteceu então que Recabe e Baaná, filhos de Rimom, de Beerote, foram à casa de Is-Bosete na hora mais quente do dia, na hora do seu descanso do meio-dia.
6 Os dois entraram na casa como se fossem buscar trigo, transpassaram-lhe o estômago e depois fugiram.
7 Eles haviam entrado na casa enquanto Is-Bosete estava deitado, em seu quarto. Depois de o transpassarem e o matarem, cortaram-lhe a cabeça. E levando-a consigo, viajaram toda a noite pela rota da Arabá.
8 Levaram a cabeça de Is-Bosete a Davi, em Hebrom, e disseram-lhe: "Aqui está a cabeça de Is-Bosete, filho de Saul, teu inimigo, que tentou tirar-te a vida. Hoje o Senhor vingou o nosso rei e senhor, de Saul e de sua descendência".
9 Davi respondeu a Recabe e a Baaná, seu irmão, filhos de Rimom, de Beerote: "Juro pelo nome do Senhor, que me tem livrado de todas as aflições.
10 Quando um homem me disse que Saul estava morto, pensando que me trazia boa notícia, eu o agarrei e o matei em Ziclague, como recompensa pela notícia que trouxe!
11 Muito mais agora, que homens ímpios mataram um inocente em sua própria casa e em sua própria cama! Vou castigá-los e eliminá-los da face da terra porque vocês fizeram correr o sangue dele! "
12 Então Davi ordenou a seus soldados, e eles os mataram. E cortaram as mãos e os pés deles e penduraram os corpos junto ao açude de Hebrom. Mas sepultaram a cabeça de Is-Bosete no túmulo de Abner, em Hebrom.
1 Now, when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands became feeble,and, all Israel, were dismayed.
2 And two men, captains of bands, pertained to Ish-bosheth son of Saulthe name of the one, was Baanah, and, the name of the other, Rechabsons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin,for, even Beeroth, used to be reckoned unto Benjamin;
3 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim,and have been sojourners there, until this day.
4 And, Jonathan, son of Saul, had a son, lame of his feet,five years old, was he, when tidings came in of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, so his nurse took him up, and fled, and it came to pass, when she started up to flee, that he fell and was lamed, and, his name, was, Mephibosheth.
5 So then the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, took their journey and came in, about the heat of the day, unto the house of Ish-bosheth,when, he, was lying on his noonday couch;
6 and, thither, entered they as fro as the middle of the house, to fetch wheat, and they smote him in the belly,and, Rechab and Baanah his brother, escaped.
7 Thus they entered the house when, he, was lying on his bed, in his sleeping-chamber, and smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him,and took his head, and journeyed by way of the waste plain all the night;
8 and brought in the head of Ish-bosheth unto David, at Hebron, and said unto the king, Lo! the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life: so hath Yahweh given to my lord the king, avengement this day, on Saul and on his seed.
9 Then David responded to Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them,By the life of Yahweh, who hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
10 when he that brought tidings to me, saying, Lo! Saul is dead, though, he, was as one that bringeth good tidings, in his own eyes, yet I seized him, and slew him in Ziklag,which was how I gave him reward for his tidings:
11 how much more, when, lawless men, have slain a righteous person, in his own house, upon his bed? Now, therefore, must I not require his blood at your hands, and so consume you, out of the earth?
12 David therefore commanded the young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands, and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool, in Hebron,but, the head of Ish-bosheth, took they, and buried in the grave of Abner, in Hebron.