2 Samuel 4 – NIV & CCBT

New International Version

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.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

撒母耳記下 4:1-12

伊施波設被殺

1掃羅的兒子伊施波設聽到押尼珥死在希伯崙,嚇得手腳發軟,整個以色列都震驚不已。 2那時,掃羅的兒子有兩個帶兵的將領,一個叫巴拿,一個叫利甲,他們是來自比錄便雅憫臨門的兒子。 3原來的比錄人逃到基他音,寄居在那裡,直到今日。

4掃羅的兒子約拿單有個兒子叫米非波設,雙腿是瘸的。掃羅約拿單耶斯列陣亡的時候,他才五歲。乳娘抱著他倉皇逃命,不慎把他掉在地上,摔成了瘸子。

5一天,伊施波設正在午睡,臨門的兩個兒子利甲巴拿來到他家。 6-7他們裝作是來取麥子,進入伊施波設的寢室,趁他正躺在床上熟睡,用刀刺透他的肚子殺了他,割下他的首級,拿著連夜穿過亞拉巴逃跑了。 8他們把伊施波設的首級帶到希伯崙獻給大衛王,說:「這便是掃羅的兒子伊施波設的首級。掃羅是你的仇敵,曾試圖殺害你,今天耶和華為我主我王懲罰了掃羅和他的子孫。」 9大衛比錄臨門的兒子利甲及其兄弟巴拿說:「我憑救我脫離一切危難的永活的耶和華起誓, 10洗革拉曾有人向我報信說掃羅死了,他以為是來報喜訊,我抓住他,把他殺了。那就是我給他的報酬。 11更何況你們這些惡徒在這個無辜人的家裡把他殺死在床上,我怎能不向你們討這血債,把你們從世上除掉?」 12於是,大衛命令部下殺了他們,斬斷他們的手腳,把屍體掛在希伯崙的池旁。他們把伊施波設的頭顱葬在希伯崙押尼珥的墳墓裡。