5 Baanah and Rechab slay Ishbosheth the son of Saul. 12 David commandeth them to be slain.

And when Saul’s [a]son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, then his hands were [b]feeble, and all Israel was afraid,

And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the one called Baanah, and the other called Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite of the children of Benjamin: (for [c]Beeroth was reckoned to Benjamin,

Because the Beerothites fled to [d]Gittaim, and sojourned there, unto this day.)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 4:1 That is, Ishbosheth.
  2. 2 Samuel 4:1 Meaning, that he was discouraged.
  3. 2 Samuel 4:2 This city Beeroth was in the tribe of Benjamin, Josh. 18:25.
  4. 2 Samuel 4:3 After the death of Saul, for fear of the Philistines.

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