2 Samuel
2 Samuel 4
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2 Samuel 4 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And when 's7586 son1121 heard8085 that 74 was dead4191 in 2275, his hands3027 were feeble7503, and all the 3478 were troubled926. And 's7586 son1121 had1961 two8147 men582 that were captains8269 of bands1416: the name8034 of the one259 was Baanah1196, and the name8034 of the other8145 Rechab7394, the sons1121 of Rimmon7417 a Beerothite886, of the children1121 of 1144: (for Beeroth881 also was reckoned2803 to 1144: other: Heb. second And the Beerothites886 fled1272 to Gittaim1664, and were sojourners1481 there until this day3117.) And 3083, Saul's7586 son1121, had a son1121 that was lame5223 of his feet7272. He was five2568 years8141 old1121 when the tidings8052 came935 of 7586 and 3083 out of 3157, and his nurse539 took him up5375, and fled5127: and it came to pass, as she made haste2648 to flee5127, that he fell5307, and became lame6452. And his name8034 was Mephibosheth4648. Mephibosheth: or, Meribbaal And the sons1121 of Rimmon7417 the Beerothite886, Rechab7394 and Baanah1196, went3212, and came935 about the heat2527 of the day3117 to the house1004 of Ishbosheth378, who lay7901 a bed4904 at noon6672. And they came thither935 into the midst8432 of the house1004, as though they would have fetched3947 wheat2406; and they smote5221 him under the fifth2570 rib: and Rechab7394 and Baanah1196 his brother251 escaped4422. For when they came935 into the house1004, he lay7901 his bed4296 in his bedchamber2315 4904, and they smote5221 him, and slew4191 him, and beheaded5493 him, and took3947 his head7218, and gat them away3212 through1870 the plain6160 all night3915. And they brought935 the head7218 of Ishbosheth378 unto 1732 to 2275, and said559 to the king4428, Behold the head7218 of Ishbosheth378 the son1121 of 7586 thine enemy341, which sought1245 thy life5315; and the LORD3068 hath5414 avenged5360 my lord113 the king4428 this day3117 of 7586, and of his seed2233. And 1732 answered6030 Rechab7394 and Baanah1196 his brother251, the sons1121 of Rimmon7417 the Beerothite886, and said559 unto them, As the LORD3068 liveth2416, who hath redeemed6299 my soul5315 out of all adversity6869, When one told5046 me, saying559, Behold, 7586 is dead4191, thinking to have brought5869 good tidings1319, I took hold270 of him, and slew2026 him in 6860, who thought that I would have given5414 him a reward for his tidings1309: thinking: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc who: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings How much more, when wicked7563 men582 have slain2026 a righteous6662 person376 in his own house1004 upon his bed4904? shall I not therefore now require1245 his blood1818 of your hand3027, and take you away1197 from the earth776? And 1732 commanded6680 his young men5288, and they slew2026 them, and cut off7112 their hands3027 and their feet7272, and hanged them up8518 over the pool1295 in 2275. But they took3947 the head7218 of Ishbosheth378, and buried6912 it in the sepulchre6913 of 74 in 2275.