2 Samuel 4 – NIV & BPH

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2 Samuel 4:1-12

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.

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2. Samuelsbog 4:1-12

Mordet på Ishboshet

1Da Ishboshet fik at vide, at Abner var blevet myrdet i Hebron, blev han rystet, og Nordrigets folk blev urolige. 2-3Ishboshet overgav derefter kommandoen over Nordrigets hær til de to brødre Ba’ana og Rekab, der begge var anførere for kongens udrykningsstyrker. Ba’ana og Rekab var sønner af Rimmon, som boede i Be’erot og var fra Benjamins stamme. Be’erot var nemlig blevet indlemmet under Benjamin, efter at byens oprindelige indbyggere var flygtet til Gittajim, hvor de bor i landflygtighed den dag i dag.

4(Jonatan havde en søn, der hed Mefiboshet. Han var kun fem år gammel, da der kom bud om, at Saul og Jonatan var blevet dræbt i slaget ved Jizre’el. Mefiboshets plejemor greb ham straks og flygtede, men i skyndingen snublede hun og tabte ham, og han blev lam i benene.)

5En dag, hvor det var meget varmt, ankom Ba’ana og Rekab til kong Ishboshets hus, mens han lå og sov til middag. 6Dørvogtersken, som var ved at rense hvede, var også faldet i søvn,4,6 Oversat efter den græske oversættelse LXX (Septuaginta), da den masoretiske tekst, vi har adgang til, næppe kan være den oprindelige. så de slap uset forbi hende. 7De sneg sig ind i kongens soveværelse, slog ham ihjel og huggede hovedet af ham. Så tog de hovedet med sig og vandrede hele natten ned gennem Jordandalen. 8Da de ankom til Hebron, overbragte de hovedet til David.

„Se her er Ishboshets hoved!” sagde de. „Han var jo søn af Saul, som forsøgte at slå dig ihjel. I dag har Herren givet dig hævn over Saul og hans familie!”

9Men David svarede: „Jeg sværger ved den levende Gud, som hidtil har reddet mig fra mine fjender, at jeg vil straffe jer for en sådan udåd. 10I Ziklag lod jeg den budbringer dræbe, som troede, at jeg ville blive glad for at høre om Sauls død! Det var den belønning, han fik for sit budskab. 11Hvor meget strengere straf fortjener da ikke sådan et par forbrydere, der har myrdet en uskyldig mand, mens han lå og sov hjemme i sin seng! I må bøde med jeres liv!”

12Så befalede David sine mænd at slå Ba’ana og Rekab ihjel. Da det var gjort, skar de hænder og fødder af dem og hængte ligene op ved dammen i Hebron. Men Ishboshets hoved begravede de i Abners grav i Hebron.