1 When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is considered a part of Benjamin; 3 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until today).

4 Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

5 The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth as he took his rest at noon. 6 They came there into the middle of the house as though they would have fetched wheat, and they struck him in the body; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 Now when they came into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night. 8 They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, "Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring."

9 David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, "As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 10 when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?" 12 David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.

1 Quando Is-Bosete, filho de Saul, soube que Abner morrera em Hebrom, esvaíram-se-lhe as forças, e todo o Israel ficou perturbado.

2 Tinha Is-Bosete, filho de Saul, dois homens chefes de guerrilheiros; um deles se chamava Baaná, e o outro Recabe, filhos de Rimom, o beerotita, dos filhos de Benjamim {porque também Beerote era contado de Benjamim,

3 tendo os beerotitas fugido para Jitaim, onde têm peregrinado até o dia de hoje}.

4 Ora, Jônatas, filho de Saul, tinha um filho aleijado dos pés. Este era da idade de cinco anos quando chegaram de Jizreel as novas a respeito de Saul e Jônatas; pelo que 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 Foram os filhos de Rimom, o beerotita, Recabe e Baanã, no maior calor de dia, e entraram em casa de Is-Bosete, estando ele deitado a dormir a sesta.

6 Entraram ali até o meio da casa, como que vindo apanhar trigo, e o feriram no ventre; e Recabe e Baaná, seu irmão, escaparam.

7 Porque entraram na sua casa, estando ele deitado na cama, no seu quarto de dormir, e o feriram e mataram, e cortando-lhe a cabeça, tomaram-na e andaram a noite toda pelo caminho da Arabá.

8 Assim trouxeram a cabeça de Is-Bosete a Davi em Hebrom, e disseram ao rei: Eis aqui a cabeça de Is-Bosete, filho de Saul, teu inimigo, que procurava a tua morte; assim o Senhor vingou hoje ao rei meu Senhor, de Saul e da sua descendência.

9 Mas Davi, respondendo a Recabe e a Baaná, seu irmão, filhos de Rimom, e beerotita, disse-lhes: Vive o Senhor, que remiu a minha alma de toda a angústia!

10 Se àquele que me trouxe novas, dizendo: Eis que Saul é morto, cuidando que trazia boas novas, eu logo lancei mão dele, e o matei em Ziclague, sendo essa a recompensa que lhe dei pelas novas,

11 quanto mais quando homens cruéis mataram um homem justo em sua casa, sobre a sua cama, não requererei eu e seu sangue de vossas mãos, e não vos exterminarei da terra?

12 E Davi deu ordem aos seus mancebos; e eles os mataram e, cortando-lhes as mãos e os pés, os penduraram junto ao tanque em Hebrom. Tomaram, porém, a cabeça de Is-Bosete, e a sepultaram na sepultura de Abner, em Hebrom.