Ish-Bosheth Murdered
1When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed. 2Now Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Rekab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin, 3because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have resided there as foreigners to this day.
4(Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.)
5Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest. 6They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
7They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they traveled all night by way of the Arabah. 8They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to kill you. This day the Lord has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
9David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble, 10when someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news! 11How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!”
12So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.
伊施·波设被杀
1扫罗的儿子伊施·波设听到押尼珥死在希伯仑，吓得手脚发软，整个以色列都震惊不已。 2那时，扫罗的儿子有两个带兵的将领，一个叫巴拿，一个叫利甲，他们是来自比录的便雅悯人临门的儿子，比录被认为属于便雅悯支派。 3原来的比录人逃到基他音，寄居在那里，直到今日。
4扫罗的儿子约拿单有个儿子叫米非波设，双腿是瘸的。扫罗和约拿单在耶斯列阵亡的消息传来时，他才五岁。乳娘抱着他仓皇逃命，不慎把他掉在地上，摔瘸了腿。
5一天，伊施·波设正在午睡，比录人临门的两个儿子利甲和巴拿来到他家。 6-7他们装作是来取麦子，进入伊施·波设的寝室，趁他正躺在床上熟睡，用刀刺透他的肚子杀了他，割下他的首级，拿着连夜穿过亚拉巴逃跑了。 8他们把伊施·波设的首级带到希伯仑献给大卫王，说：“这便是扫罗的儿子伊施·波设的首级。扫罗是你的仇敌，曾试图杀害你，今天耶和华为我主我王惩罚了扫罗和他的子孙。” 9大卫对比录人临门的儿子利甲及其兄弟巴拿说：“我凭救我脱离一切危难的永活的耶和华起誓， 10在洗革拉曾有人向我报信说扫罗死了，他以为是来报喜讯，我抓住他，把他杀了。那就是我给他的报酬。 11更何况你们这些恶徒在这个无辜人的家里把他杀死在床上，我怎能不向你们讨这血债，把你们从世上除掉？” 12于是，大卫命令部下杀了他们，斩断他们的手脚，把尸体挂在希伯仑的池旁。他们把伊施·波设的头颅葬在希伯仑的押尼珥的坟墓里。
