And when Saul's sonheardthatAbnerwas deadin Hebron, his handswere feeble, and allthe Israeliteswere troubled. And Saul's sonhadtwomen that were captainsof bands: the nameof the one was Baanah, and the nameof the otherRechab, the sonsof Rimmona Beerothite, of the childrenof Benjamin: ( forBeerothalsowas reckonedtoBenjamin: And the Beerothitesfledto Gittaim, and weresojournersthereuntilthisday.) And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lameof his feet. He wasfiveyearsoldwhen the tidingscameof Sauland Jonathanout of Jezreel, and his nursetook him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made hasteto flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. And the sonsof Rimmonthe Beerothite, Rechaband Baanah, went, and cameabout the heatof the daytothe houseof Ish-bosheth, wholayon a bedat noon. And they camethitherintothe midstof the house, as though they would have fetchedwheat; and they smotehim underthe fifth rib : and Rechaband Baanahhis brotherescaped. For when they cameinto the house, helayonhis bedin his bedchamber, and they smotehim, and slewhim, and beheadedhim, and tookhis head, and got them awaythroughthe plainallnight. And they broughtthe headof Ish-bosheth untoDavidto Hebron, and saidtothe king, Beholdthe headof Ish-bosheth the sonof Saulthine enemy, whichsoughtthy life; and the LORDhath avengedmy lordthe kingthisdayof Saul, and of his seed. And DavidansweredRechaband Baanahhis brother, the sonsof Rimmonthe Beerothite, and saidunto them, As the LORDliveth, whohath redeemedmy soulout of alladversity, Whenone toldme, saying, Behold, Saulis dead, thinkingto havebrought good tidings, I took holdof him, and slewhim in Ziklag, who thought that I would have givenhim a reward for his tidings: How much more, whenwickedmenhave slaina righteouspersonin his own houseuponhis bed? shall I nottherefore nowrequirehis bloodof your hand, and take you awayfromthe earth? And Davidcommandedhis young men, and they slewthem, and cut offtheir handsand their feet, and hanged them upoverthe poolin Hebron. But they tookthe headof Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulcherof Abnerin Hebron.