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Ish-Bosheth is Assassinated

When the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed[a] and all of Israel was horrified. Two of the men, commanders of the raiding bands, were for the son of Saul. The name of one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Recab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the descendants[b] of Benjamin; also, Beeroth was regarded as belonging to Benjamin.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 4:1 Literally “his hands hung limp”
  2. 2 Samuel 4:2 Or “sons”