II Samuel 4

vayyishma ben-sha'ul ki met avner bekhevron vayyirpu yadayw vekhol-yisra'el nivhalu

When [Ish-bosheth] son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost heart and all Israel was alarmed.

ushene anashim sare-gedudim hayu ven-sha'ul shem ha'ekhad ba'anah veshem hasheni rekhav bene rimmon habbe'eroti mibbene vinyamin ki gam-be'erot tekhashev al-binyamin

The son of Saul [had] two company commanders, one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite—Benjaminites, since Beeroth too was considered part of Benjamin.

vayyivrekhu habbe'erotim gittayemah vayyihyu-sham garim ad hayyom hazzeh

The Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, where they have sojourned to this day.

velihonatan ben-sha'ul ben nekheh raglayim ben-khamesh shanim hayah bevo shemu'at sha'ul vihonatan miyyizre'el vattissa'ehu omanto vattanos vayehi bekhofzah lanus vayyippol vayyippaseakh ushemo mefivoshet

(Jonathan son of Saul had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse picked him up and fled; but as she was fleeing in haste, he fell and was lamed. His name was Mephibosheth.)

vayyelekhu bene-rimmon habbe'eroti rekhav uva'anah vayyavo'u kekhom hayyom el-bet ish boshet vehu shokhev et mishkav hatsohorayim

Rechab and Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, started out, and they reached the home of Ish-bosheth at the heat of the day, when he was taking his midday rest.

vehennah ba'u ad-tokh habbayit loqekhe khittim vayyakkuhu el-hakhomesh verekhav uva'anah akhiv nimlatu

So they went inside the house, as though fetching wheat, and struck him in the belly. Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped by,

vayyavo'u habbayit vehu-shokhev al-mittato bakhadar mishkavo vayyakkuhu vayemituhu vayyasiru et-rosho vayyiqkhu et-rosho vayyelekhu derekh ha'aravah kol-hallayelah

and entered the house while he was asleep on his bed in his bedchamber; and they stabbed him to death. They cut off his head and took his head and made their way all night through the Arabah.

vayyavi'u et-rosh ish-boshet el-david khevron vayyomeru el-hammelekh hinneh-rosh ish-boshet ben-sha'ul oyivkha asher biqqesh et-nafshekha vayyitten Adonai ladoni hammelekh neqamot hayyom hazzeh misha'ul umizzaro

They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron. “Here,” they said to the king, “is the head of your enemy, Ish-bosheth son of Saul, who sought your life. This day GOD has avenged my lord the king upon Saul and his offspring.”

vayya'an david et-rekhav ve'et-ba'anah akhiv bene rimmon habbe'eroti vayyomer lahem khay-Adonai asher-padah et-nafshi mikkol-tsarah

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As GOD lives, who has rescued me from every trouble:

ki hammaggid li lemor hinneh-met sha'ul vehu-hayah khimvasser be'enayw va'okhazah vo va'ehregehu betsiqlag asher letitti-lo besorah

The one who told me in Ziklag that Saul was dead thought he was bringing good news. But instead of rewarding him for the news, I seized and killed him.

af ki-anashim resha'im haregu et-ish-tsaddiq beveto al-mishkavo ve'attah halo avaqqesh et-damo miyyedkhem uvi'arti etkhem min-ha'arets

How much more, then, when wicked men have killed an innocent man in bed in his own house! I will certainly avenge his blood on you, and I will rid the earth of you.”

vayetsav david et-hanne'arim vayyahargum vayeqatsetsu et-yedehem ve'et-raglehem vayyitlu al-habberekhah bekhevron ve'et rosh ish-boshet laqakhu vayyiqberu veqever-avner bekhevron

David gave orders to the young men, who killed them; they cut off their hands and feet and hung them up by the pool in Hebron. And they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the grave of Abner at Hebron.