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

¹Da Isjbosjet, Sauls Søn, hørte, at Abner var død i Hebron, tabte han Modet, og hele Israel grebes af Skræk.

²Saul’s son had two men who 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:

²Nu havde Isjbosjet, Sauls Søn, to Mænd, der var Førere for Strejfskarer, den ene hed Ba'ana, den anden Rekab, Sønner af Benjaminiten Rimmon fra Be'erot; thi også Be'erot regnes til Benjamin;

³and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).

³dog var Be'erotiterne flygtet til Gittajim, hvor de bor som fremmede den Dag i Dag.

⁴Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

⁴Sauls Søn Jonatan havde en Søn, der var lam i Fødderne; han var fem År gammel, da Efterretningen om Saul og Jonatan kom fra Jizre'el, og hans Fostermoder tog ham og flygtede; men under hendes skyndsomme Flugt faldt han fra hende og blev lam; hans Navn var Mefibosjet.

⁵The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

⁵Be'erotiten Rimmons Sønner Rekab og Ba'ana gav sig på Vej og kom ved Middagstide til Isjbosjets Hus, medens han sov til Middag;

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

⁶og da Dørvogtersken, som var ved at rense Hvede, var faldet i Søvn, slap Rekab og hans Broder Ba'ana forbi

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

⁷og trængte ind i Huset, hvor Isjbosjet lå på sit Leje i Soveværelset; og de slog ham ihjel og huggede Hovedet af ham; derpå tog de Hovedet og vandrede i Løbet at Natten gennem Arabalavningen

⁸They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.”

⁸og bragte Isjbosjets Hoved til David i Hebron, idet de sagde til Kongen: "Her er Hovedet af Isjbosjet, din Fjende Sauls Søn, han, som stod dig efter Livet; i Dag har HERREN givet min Herre Kongen Hævn over Saul og hans Afkom!"

⁹David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

⁹Da svarede David Be'erotiten Rimmons Sønner Rekab og hans Broder Ba'ana: "Så sandt HERREN lever, som har udfriet mig af al Trængsel:

¹⁰when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

¹⁰Den, som bragte mig Efterretning om Sauls Død, i den Tro at han bragte et Glædesbud, ham greb jeg og lod dræbe i Ziklag for at give ham Løn for hans Glædesbud;

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

¹¹hvor meget mere skulde jeg da ikke nu, når gudløse Mænd har myrdet en retfærdig Mand på hans Leje i hans eget Hus, kræve hans Blod af eder og udrydde eder af Jorden!"

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

¹²Derpå bød David sine Folk dræbe dem, og de huggede Hænder og Fødder af dem og hængte dem op ved Dammen i Hebron; men Isjbosjets Hoved tog de og jordede i Abners Grav i Hebron.