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2 Samuel chapter 4

When son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he , and everyone in was shaken.Now Ish-Bosheth’s son Saul had two men who . One was named Baanah and the other Rechab — sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, who were . (Beeroth is counted as part of Benjamin’s territory,because the people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim, where they’ve lived as ever since.)Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was . He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from . His nurse picked him up and ran, but in her rush to escape, he fell and became permanently lame. His name was .Rechab and Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at Ish-Bosheth’s house while he was taking his midday rest.They came right into the middle of the house, , and . Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.They had come into the house while he was lying on his bed in his bedroom. They struck him down, killed him, and . Then they took his head and traveled all night through .They brought Ish-Bosheth’s head to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who was trying to kill you. Today has given my lord the king against Saul and his whole family.”But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “ — the one who has me from every threat —when the man who told me ‘Saul is dead’ thought he was bringing good news, I grabbed him and at . That was the reward I gave him for his ‘good news.’How much more, then, when men have murdered in his own house, on his own bed! So now — shouldn’t I and wipe you off the earth?”David gave the order to his soldiers, and they killed them. They and in Hebron. But they took Ish-Bosheth’s head and buried it in in Hebron.