Pinatay si Ishboshet
1Nang marinig ni Ishboshet na anak ni Saul, na pinatay si Abner sa Hebron, pinagharian siya ng matinding takot pati na ang lahat ng mamamayan ng Israel. 2May dalawang tauhan si Ishboshet na namumuno sa pagsalakay sa mga lungsod ng mga kalaban: sina Baana at Recab. Mga anak sila ni Rimon na taga-Beerot, mula sa lahi ni Benjamin. Ang Beerot ay sakop ngayon ng Benjamin 3dahil tumakas ang mga unang naninirahan dito papuntang Gittaim. Hanggang ngayon, naninirahan pa rin sila roon bilang mga dayuhan.
4(Ang isa pang anak ni Saul na si Jonatan ay may anak na nalumpo, si Mefiboset. Limang taong gulang ito nang dumating ang balitang napatay sina Saul at Jonatan sa labanan sa Jezreel. Nang marinig ng tagapag-alaga ni Mefiboset ang balita, binuhat niya ito at tumakas. Pero dahil sa pagmamadali, nabitawan niya ang bata at nalumpo.)
5Isang araw, nagpunta sa bahay ni Ishboshet sina Recab at Baana na mga anak ni Rimon na taga-Beerot. Tanghaling-tapat nang dumating sila habang nagpapahinga si Ishboshet. 6-7Pumasok sila sa bahay na kunwariʼy kukuha ng trigo. Dumiretso sila sa kwarto ni Ishboshet kung saan nakahiga ito sa kama niya at pagkatapos, sinaksak nila ito sa tiyan. Pinutol nila ang ulo ni Ishboshet at dinala nila ito sa kanilang pagtakas. Buong gabi silang naglakbay sa Lambak ng Jordan.4:6-7 Lambak ng Jordan: sa Hebreo, Araba.
8Pagdating nila sa Hebron, dinala nila kay David ang ulo ni Ishboshet at sinabi, “Narito po ang ulo ni Ishboshet ang anak ni Saul na kalaban nʼyo, na nagtangka sa inyong buhay. Sa araw na ito, ipinaghiganti kayo ng Panginoon laban kay Saul at sa angkan niya.” 9Sumagot si David, “Sasabihin ko sa inyo ang totoo sa presensya ng Panginoon na buhay, na nagligtas sa akin sa lahat ng kapahamakan. 10Noon ay may taong pumunta sa akin sa Ziklag at sinabing patay na si Saul, akala niyaʼy magandang balita ang dala niya sa akin. Sa halip, ipinadakip ko siya at ipinapatay. Iyon ang gantimpalang ibinigay ko sa balitang inihatid niya sa akin. 11Ngayon, anong gantimpala ang ibibigay ko sa masasamang taong gaya nʼyo na pumatay ng isang inosenteng tao sa sarili nitong tahanan at sa sarili niyang higaan? Hindi baʼt nararapat na patayin ko kayo para mawala na kayo sa mundo?”
12Kaya iniutos ni David sa mga tauhan niya na patayin sina Recab at Baana, at sinunod nila ito. Pinutol nila ang mga kamay at paa ng magkapatid, at ibinitin ang kanilang katawan malapit sa Imbakan ng Tubig ng Hebron. Pagkatapos, kinuha nila ang ulo ni Ishboshet, at inilibing sa libingan ni Abner sa Hebron.
1And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2And 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:4.2 other: Heb. second 3And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) 4And 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.4.4 Mephibosheth: or, Merib-baal 5And 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. 6And 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. 7For 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. 8And 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, 10When 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:4.10 thinking…: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc4.10 who…: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings 11How 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? 12And 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.
