3 and the Beer´othites fled to Gitta´im, and were sojourners there until this day.)
4 And 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 Mephib´osheth.
5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beer´othite, Rechab and Ba´anah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bo´sheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
6 And 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 Ba´anah his brother escaped.
7 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 gat them away through the plain all night.
8 And they brought the head of Ish–bo´sheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bo´sheth 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.
9 And David answered Rechab and Ba´anah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beer´othite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,