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.

1 Ouvindo, pois, o filho de Saul que Abner morrera em Hebrom, as mãos se lhe afrouxaram, e todo o Israel pasmou. 2 E tinha o filho de Saul dois homens capitães de tropas; e era o nome de um Baaná, e o nome do outro, Recabe, filhos de Rimom, o beerotita, dos filhos de Benjamim, porque também Beerote se reputava de Benjamim. 3 E tinham fugido os beerotitas para Gitaim e ali têm peregrinado até ao dia de hoje.

4 E Jônatas, filho de Saul, tinha um filho aleijado de ambos os pés. Era da idade de cinco anos quando as novas de Saul e Jônatas vieram de Jezreel; e sua ama o tomou e fugiu; e sucedeu que, apressando-se ela a fugir, ele caiu e ficou coxo; o seu nome era Mefibosete.

5 E foram os filhos de Rimom, o beerotita, Recabe e Baaná, e entraram em casa de Isbosete, no maior calor do dia, estando ele deitado a dormir, ao meio-dia. 6 E ali entraram até o meio da casa, como que vindo tomar trigo, e o feriram na quinta costela; e Recabe e Baaná, seu irmão, escaparam. 7 Porque entraram na sua casa, estando ele na cama deitado na sua recâmara, e o feriram, e o mataram, e lhe cortaram a cabeça; e, tomando a sua cabeça, andaram toda a noite caminhando pela planície. 8 E trouxeram a cabeça de Isbosete a Davi, a Hebrom, e disseram ao rei: Eis aqui a cabeça de Isbosete, filho de Saul, teu inimigo, que te procurava a morte; assim, o Senhor vingou hoje ao rei, meu senhor, de Saul e da sua semente. 9 Porém Davi, respondendo a Recabe e a Baaná, seu irmão, filhos de Rimom, o beerotita, disse-lhes: Vive o Senhor que remiu a minha alma de toda a angústia, 10 pois se, àquele que me trouxe novas, dizendo: Eis que Saul morto é, parecendo-lhe, porém, aos seus olhos que era como quem trazia boas-novas, eu logo lancei mão dele e o matei em Ziclague, cuidando ele que eu, por isso, lhe desse alvíssaras, 11 quanto mais a ímpios homens, que mataram um homem justo em sua casa, sobre a sua cama; agora, pois, não requereria eu o seu sangue de vossas mãos e não vos exterminaria da terra? 12 E deu Davi ordem aos seus jovens que os matassem; e cortaram-lhes os pés e as mãos e os penduraram sobre o tanque de Hebrom; tomaram, porém, a cabeça de Isbosete e a sepultaram na sepultura de Abner, em Hebrom.