4. In addition, Saul’s son Jonathan had a son who was crippled. When the boy was five years old, the news about ⌊the death of⌋ Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled ⌊to Gittaim⌋. She was in a hurry when she left, and he fell ⌊from her arms⌋ and became disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.)
5. Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, came to Ishbosheth’s home at the hottest time of the day. Ishbosheth was taking his midday nap
6. when they came into the house as though they were going to get some flour. Instead, they stabbed him in the belly. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.
7. (They had come into the house while Ishbosheth was sleeping on his bed in his bedroom. They stabbed him, killed him, and cut off his head.) They took his head and traveled all night along the road to the plains.
8. They brought Ishbosheth’s head to David at Hebron. “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul who tried to kill you,” they told the king. “Today the Lord has given Your Royal Majesty revenge on Saul and his descendants.”
9. David responded to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth,
10. “I once seized a man who told me that Saul had died. He thought he was bringing good news. I killed him in Ziklag to reward him for his news.