1	And when Saul's son heard# that Abner was dead# in Hebron, his hands were feeble# , and all the Israelites were troubled# .
			2	And 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: [other: Heb. second]
			3	And the Beerothites fled# to Gittaim, and were sojourners# there until this day.)
			4	And 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. [Mephibosheth: or, Meribbaal]
			5	And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went# , and came# about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay# on a bed at noon.
			6	And 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# .
			7	For 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.
			8	And they brought# the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said# to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth 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,
			10	When 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: [thinking...: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc] [who...: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings]
			11	How 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?
			12	And 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 Ishbosheth, and buried# it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.