II Samuel 4 · שמואל ב

And when Sha᾽ul’s son heard that Avner was dead in Ḥevron, his hands were feeble, and all Yisra᾽el were terrified.

And Sha᾽ul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Ba῾ana, and the name of the other Rekhav, the sons of Rimmon a Be᾽erotite, of the children of Binyamin: (for Be᾽erot also is reckoned to Binyamin:

and the Be᾽erotites fled to Gittayim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

And Yehonatan, Sha᾽ul’s son, had a son whose feet were lame. He was five years old when the tidings came of Sha᾽ul and Yehonatan out of Yizre῾el, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mefivoshet.

And the sons of Rimmon the Be᾽eroti, Rekhav and Ba῾ana, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-boshet, who was lying down for his midday rest.

And they came into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the belly: and Rekhav and Ba῾ana his brother escaped.

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went away through the ῾Arava all night.

And they brought the head of Ish-boshet to David to Ḥevron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-boshet the son of Sha᾽ul thy enemy, who sought thy life; and the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day of Sha᾽ul and of his seed.

And David answered Rekhav and Ba῾ana his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Be᾽eroti, and said to them, As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

when one told me, saying, Behold, Sha᾽ul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Żiqlag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings:

how much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Ḥevron. But they took the head of Ish-boshet, and buried it in the tomb of Avner in Ḥevron.