So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, departed and came to the house of (A)Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while he was taking his midday rest. [a]And they came to the interior of the house as if [b]to get wheat, and (B)they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped. Now when they had come into the house, as he was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and killed him, and they beheaded him. And they took his head and [c](C)traveled by way of the Arabah all night.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 4:6 Lit And here they
  2. 2 Samuel 4:6 Lit takers of wheat
  3. 2 Samuel 4:7 Lit went

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