1When Saul’s kid heard Abner was donezo in Hebron, his vibes were off, and all the Israelites were shook.

2Saul’s son had two homies who were captains: one was Baanah, the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon, reppin’ Beeroth in Benjamin.

3The Beerothites dipped to Gittaim, and they’ve been chillin’ there ever since.

4Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a kid who couldn’t walk. He was five when the news dropped about Saul and Jonathan, and his nurse scooped him up to bounce, but she tripped and he got lame. His name? Mephibosheth.

5The sons of Rimmon, Rechab and Baanah, rolled up to Ish-bosheth’s crib around noon while he was catching Z’s.

6They slid into the house like they were just grabbing wheat; then they hit him under the fifth rib, and Rechab and Baanah dipped.

7When they got inside, he was chilling on his bed, and they took him out, beheaded him, and ghosted through the night.

8They brought Ish-bosheth’s head to David in Hebron, saying, “Yo, check it, we got the head of your enemy, Saul’s kid, who wanted you gone; the Lord avenged you today.”

9David hit back at Rechab and Baanah, saying, “As the Lord lives, who saved me from all the drama,

10when someone told me Saul was dead, thinking it was good news, I ended him in Ziklag, thinking I’d reward him for the tea.

11How much more when wicked peeps take out a good dude in his own place? Shouldn’t I demand justice for his blood and take you out?

12David told his youngins to handle it, and they took them out, chopped off their hands and feet, and hung them over the pool in Hebron. But they buried Ish-bosheth’s head with Abner in Hebron.

1And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

2And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

3And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

4And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, 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 Mephibosheth.

5And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

6And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

7For 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 gat them away through the plain all night.

8And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

9And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

10When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

11How 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?

12And 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 Hebron. But they took the head of Ish–bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.