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10 when the man who told me ‘Look! Saul is dead!’ thought he was bringing me good news, I arrested him and had him killed at Ziklag as the reward I gave him for his news. 11 How much worse will it be, then, when evil men kill an innocent man on his own bed in his own house! Shouldn’t I avenge his blood—which you are responsible for shedding[a]—by removing you from the earth?” 12 So David commanded his personal guards,[b] and they killed Rechab and Baanah,[c] cut off their hands and feet, and hung up their bodies beside the pool at Hebron. They took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.

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  1. 2 Samuel 4:11 Lit. blood from your hand
  2. 2 Samuel 4:12 Lit. his young men
  3. 2 Samuel 4:12 Lit. killed them