2 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 4

Ish-bosheth Murdered

1When Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner had died at Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed. 2Now Saul's son had two men who were captains of raiding bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon a man of Benjamin from Beeroth (for Beeroth also is counted part of Benjamin; 3the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there to this day).

4Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled, and as she fled in her haste, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

5Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out, and about the heat of the day they came to the house of Ish-bosheth as he was taking his noonday rest. 6And they came into the midst of the house as if to get wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and put him to death and beheaded him. They took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night, 8and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. The Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.” 9But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity, 10when one told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. 11How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?” 12And David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.

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2 Samuel 1	David Hears of Saul's Death David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan
2 Samuel 10	David Defeats Ammon and Syria
2 Samuel 11	David and Bathsheba
2 Samuel 12	Nathan Rebukes David David's Child Dies Solomon's Birth Rabbah Is Captured
2 Samuel 13	Amnon and Tamar Absalom Murders Amnon Absalom Flees to Geshur
2 Samuel 14	Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
2 Samuel 15	Absalom's Conspiracy David Flees Jerusalem
2 Samuel 16	David and Ziba Shimei Curses David Absalom Enters Jerusalem
2 Samuel 17	Hushai Saves David
2 Samuel 18	Absalom Killed David Hears of Absalom's Death David's Grief
2 Samuel 19	Joab Rebukes David David Returns to Jerusalem David Pardons His Enemies
2 Samuel 2	David Anointed King of Judah Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel The Battle of Gibeon
2 Samuel 20	The Rebellion of Sheba
2 Samuel 21	David Avenges the Gibeonites War with the Philistines
2 Samuel 22	David's Song of Deliverance
2 Samuel 23	The Last Words of David David's Mighty Men
2 Samuel 24	David's Census The Lord's Judgment of David's Sin David Builds an Altar
2 Samuel 3	Abner Joins David Joab Murders Abner David Mourns Abner
2 Samuel 4	Ish-bosheth Murdered
2 Samuel 5	David Anointed King of Israel David Defeats the Philistines
2 Samuel 6	The Ark Brought to Jerusalem Uzzah and the Ark David and Michal
2 Samuel 7	God's Covenant with David David's Prayer of Gratitude
2 Samuel 8	David's Victories David's Officials
2 Samuel 9	David's Kindness to Mephibosheth