¹ولما سمع ابن شاول ان ابنير قد مات في حبرون ارتخت يداه وارتاع جميع اسرائيل.

¹And when [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

²وكان لابن شاول رجلان رئيسا غزاة اسم الواحد بعنة واسم الآخر ركاب ابنا رمّون البئيروتي من بني بنيامين. لان بئيروت حسبت لبنيامين.

²And [Ish-bosheth], 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 the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:

³وهرب البئيروتيون الى جتّايم وتغربوا هناك الى هذا اليوم.

³and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).

⁴وكان ليوناثان بن شاول ابن مضروب الرجلين. كان ابن خمس سنين عند مجيء خبر شاول ويوناثان من يزرعيل فحملته مربيته وهربت ولما كانت مسرعة لتهرب وقع وصار اعرج واسمه مفيبوشث.

⁴Now 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.

⁵وسار ابنا رمّون البئيروتي ركاب وبعنة ودخلا عند حر النهار الى بيت ايشبوشث وهو نائم نومة الظهيرة.

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, as he took his rest at noon.

⁶فدخلا الى وسط البيت لياخذا حنطة وضرباه في بطنه ثم افلت ركاب وبعنة اخوه.

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

⁷فعند دخولهما البيت كان هو مضطجعا على سريره في مخدع نومه فضرباه وقتلاه وقطعا راسه واخذا راسه وسارا في طريق العربة الليل كله.

⁷Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

⁸وأتيا براس ايشبوشث الى داود الى حبرون وقالا للملك هوذا راس ايشبوشث بن شاول عدوك الذي كان يطلب نفسك. وقد اعطى الرب لسيدي الملك انتقاما في هذا اليوم من شاول ومن نسله

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, who sought thy life; and Jehovah hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

⁹فاجاب داود ركاب وبعنة اخاه ابني رمّون البئيروتي وقال لهما. حيّ هو الرب الذي فدى نفسي من كل ضيق

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

¹⁰ان الذي اخبرني قائلا هوذا قد مات شاول وكان في عيني نفسه كمبشر قبضت عليه وقتلته في صقلغ. ذلك اعطيته بشارة.

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, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.

¹¹فكم بالحري اذا كان رجلان باغيان يقتلان رجلا صدّيقا في بيته على سريره. فالآن اما اطلب دمه من ايديكما وانزعكما من الارض.

¹¹How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

¹²وأمر داود الغلمان فقتلوهما وقطعوا ايديهما وارجلهما وعلقوهما على البركة في حبرون. واما راس ايشبوشث فأخذوه ودفنوه في قبر ابنير في حبرون

¹²And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.