And Sha'ul's son heard that Avner was dead in Hevron, and his hands grew weak, and all Yisra'el was dismayed.

And Sha'ul's son had two men, captains of raiding bands; the name of the one was Ba'anah, and the name of the second Rekhav, sons of Rimmon the Beerotite, of the sons of Binyamin, for Beerot was also counted to Binyamin.

And the Beerotites fled to Gittayim, and they were sojourners there until this day.

And to Yonatan, Sha'ul's son, a son who was lame in his feet, five years old, was it when the report of Sha'ul and Yonatan came from Yizre'el, and his attendant took him up and fled, and it happened in her haste to flee, he fell and was crippled, and his name was Mefiboshet.

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerotite, Rekhav and Ba'anah, went and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-Boshet, and he was lying down his midday sleep.

And behold, they came into the middle of the house, taking wheat, and they struck him in the stomach, and Rekhav and Ba'anah his brother escaped.

And they came into the house, and he was lying on his bed in his sleeping chamber, and they struck him and killed him, and they took off his head, and they took his head, and they went by way of the Arabah all the night.

And they brought the head of Ish-Boshet to David in Hevron, and they said to the king, 'Behold, the head of Ish-Boshet, Sha'ul's son, your enemy, who sought your life, and יהוה has given my Adonai the king vengeance this day from Sha'ul and from his offspring.'

And David answered Rekhav and Ba'anah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerotite, and he said to them, 'As יהוה lives, who has redeemed my soul from all trouble.'

For the one who told me saying, 'Behold, Sha'ul is dead,' and he thought he was bringing good news, and I seized him and killed him in Tsiklag, so that I would give him good news.

Even more so, wicked men have killed a righteous man in his house on his bed, and now shall I not seek his blood from your hand, and I will cut you off from the earth?

And David commanded the young men, and they killed them, and they cut off their hands and their feet, and they hung them by the pool in Hevron, and they took the head of Ish-Boshet and buried it in the grave of Avner in Hevron.