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.
Īš-Bošets tiek nogalināts
1 Kad Saula dēls uzzināja, ka Abnērs Hebronā miris, viņam nolaidās rokas, un viss Israēls iztrūkās. 2 Bet Saula dēlam bija divi pulku virsnieki, beērotieša Rimmona dēli, vienu sauca Baāna un otru – Rēhābs; tie bija no Benjāmina dēliem, jo arī Beērots tiek pieskaitīts Benjāminam. 3 Beērotieši bija aizbēguši uz Gitaimu, tur tie dzīvo kā ienācēji līdz šai dienai.
4 Saula dēla Jonatāna dēlam bija kroplas kājas. Viņam bija pieci gadi, kad no Jizreēlas pienāca ziņa par Saulu un Jonatānu, tad aukle viņu paņēma un bēga, bet steigā viņš tai nokrita un palika klibs. Viņa vārds ir Mefībošets. 5 Beērotieša Rimmona dēli Rēhābs un Baāna devās uz Īš-Bošeta namu un nonāca tur dienas karstumā, kad viņš gulēja diendusu. 6 Viņi ienāca namā it kā saņemt kviešus un iedūra viņam vēderā – pēc tam Rēhābs un viņa brālis Baāna aizbēga. 7 Kad viņi ienāca namā, viņš bija guļamistabā atlaidies guļvietā, un, kad tie bija viņu sadūruši un nonāvējuši, tie nogrieza viņam galvu, paņēma un visu nakti bēga pa klajuma ceļu. 8 Viņi atnesa Īš-Bošeta galvu Dāvidam uz Hebronu un teica ķēniņam: “Redzi, tava ienaidnieka Saula dēla Īš-Bošeta galva – viņš tīkoja pēc tavas dzīvības. Kungs šodien ir atriebis manu kungu, ķēniņu, Saulam un viņa pēcnācējiem!”
9 Dāvids atbildēja beērotieša Rimmona dēlam Rēhābam un viņa brālim Baānam: “Dzīvs Kungs, kas mani izglābis no visām bēdām! 10 Kad man kāds sacīja: Sauls ir miris! – un viņš pats sev likās labas ziņas nesējs, es viņu Ciklagā sagrābu un nokāvu! Tā bija mana atmaksa viņam par viņa labo vēsti. 11 Vēl jo vairāk tagad, kad ļauni vīri nokāvuši taisnu vīru paša namā, viņa paša gultā, – vai lai neatprasu viņa asinis no jūsu rokām un neiznīcinu jūs no zemes?” 12 Un Dāvids deva pavēli puišiem, un tie viņus nokāva, nocirta viņiem rokas un kājas un pakāra Hebronā pie dīķa, bet Īš-Bošeta galvu apbedīja Abnēra kapā Hebronā.
