<vn='1'>And when <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="74">Abner</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s> in <sn="2275">Hebron</s>, his <sn="3027">hands</s> were <sn="7503">feeble</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3478">Israelites</s> were <sn="926">troubled</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s><sn="1961">had</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="376">men</s> that were <sn="8269">captains</s> of <sn="1416">bands</s>: the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="259">one</s> was <sn="1196">Baanah</s>, and the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="8145">other</s><sn="7394">Rechab</s>, the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="7417">Rimmon</s> a <sn="886">Beerothite</s>, of the <sn="4480 1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>: ( <sn="3588">for</s><sn="881">Beeroth</s><sn="1571">also</s> was <sn="2803">reckoned</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="1144">Benjamin</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="886">Beerothites</s><sn="1272">fled</s> to <sn="1664">Gittaim</s>, and <sn="1961">were</s><sn="1481">sojourners</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>.) </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="3083">Jonathan</s>, <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, had a <sn="1121">son</s> that was <sn="5223">lame</s> of his <sn="7272">feet</s>. He <sn="1961">was</s><sn="2568">five</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when the <sn="8052">tidings</s><sn="935">came</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> out of <sn="4480 3157">Jezreel</s>, and his <sn="539">nurse</s> took him <sn="5375">up</s>, and <sn="5127">fled</s>: and it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as she made <sn="2648">haste</s> to <sn="5127">flee</s>, that he <sn="5307">fell</s>, and became <sn="6452">lame</s>. And his <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="4648">Mephibosheth</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="7417">Rimmon</s> the <sn="886">Beerothite</s>, <sn="7394">Rechab</s> and <sn="1165">Baanah</s>, <sn="1980">went</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> about the <sn="2527">heat</s> of the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="378">Ish</s> -bosheth, <sn="1931">who</s><sn="7901">lay</s> on <sn="*853"></s> a <sn="4904">bed</s> at <sn="6672">noon</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And they <sn="935">came</s><sn="2008">thither</s><sn="5704">into</s> the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>, as though they would have <sn="3947">fetched</s><sn="2406">wheat</s>; and they <sn="5221">smote</s> him <sn="413">under</s> the <sn="2570">fifth</s> rib: and <sn="7394">Rechab</s> and <sn="1196">Baanah</s> his <sn="251">brother</s><sn="4422">escaped</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>For when they <sn="935">came</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="1931">he</s><sn="7901">lay</s><sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="4296">bed</s> in his <sn="2315 4904">bedchamber</s>, and they <sn="5221">smote</s> him, and <sn="4191">slew</s> him, and <sn="5493 *853 7218">beheaded</s> him, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7218">head</s>, and got them <sn="1980">away</s><sn="1870">through</s> the <sn="6160">plain</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3915">night</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And they <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7218">head</s> of <sn="378">Ish</s> -bosheth <sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s> to <sn="2275">Hebron</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s> the <sn="7218">head</s> of <sn="378">Ish</s> -bosheth the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> thine <sn="341">enemy</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="1245">sought</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5315">life</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414 5360">avenged</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="4480 7586">Saul</s>, and of his <sn="4480 2233">seed</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7394">Rechab</s> and <sn="1196">Baanah</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>, the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="7417">Rimmon</s> the <sn="886">Beerothite</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto them, As the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="834">who</s> hath <sn="6299">redeemed</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5315">soul</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="6869">adversity</s>, </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">When</s> one <sn="5046">told</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="7586">Saul</s> is <sn="4191">dead</s>, <sn="5869">thinking</s> to <sn="1961">have</s> brought good <sn="1319">tidings</s>, I took <sn="270">hold</s> of him, and <sn="2026">slew</s> him in <sn="6860">Ziklag</s>, <sn="834">who</s> thought that I would have <sn="5414">given</s> him a reward for his <sn="1309">tidings</s>: </v>
<vn='11'>How much <sn="637">more</s>, <sn="3588">when</s><sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="376">men</s> have <sn="2026">slain</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="376">person</s> in his own <sn="1004">house</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="4904">bed</s>? shall I <sn="3808">not</s> therefore <sn="6258">now</s><sn="1245">require</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1818">blood</s> of your <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, and take you <sn="1197 *853">away</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>? </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> his young <sn="5288">men</s>, and they <sn="2026">slew</s> them, and cut <sn="7112">off</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="3027">hands</s> and their <sn="7272">feet</s>, and hanged them <sn="8518">up</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1295">pool</s> in <sn="2275">Hebron</s>. But they <sn="3947">took</s> the <sn="7218">head</s> of <sn="378">Ish</s> -bosheth, and <sn="6912">buried</s> it in the <sn="6913">sepulcher</s> of <sn="74">Abner</s> in <sn="2275">Hebron</s>. </v>