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.

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.