2 Samuel 4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Assassination of Ish-bosheth
4 When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed. 2 Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties: one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the Benjaminites. Beeroth is also considered part of Benjamin, 3 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and still live there as foreigners to this very day.
4 Saul’s son Jonathan had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. The one who had nursed him[a] picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.(A)
5 Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at Ish-bosheth’s house during the heat of the day while the king was taking his midday nap. 6 They entered the interior of the house as if to get wheat and stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped. 7 They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom and stabbed and killed him. Then they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled by way of the Arabah(B) all night. 8 They brought Ish-bosheth’s head to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here’s the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who intended to take your life. Today the Lord has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
9 But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As the Lord lives, the One who has redeemed my life from every distress,(C) 10 when the person told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag.(D) That was my reward to him for his news! 11 How much more when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house on his own bed! So now, should I not require his blood from your hands and wipe you off the earth?”(E)
12 So David gave orders to the young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.(F)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 4:4 Lit His nurse
2 Samuel 4
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Iş-Boşet este ucis
4 Când a auzit fiul lui Saul că Abner a murit la Hebron, mâinile i-au rămas fără(A) putere şi tot Israelul s-a(B) înspăimântat. 2 Fiul lui Saul avea doi capi peste cetele de război, dintre care unul se numea Baana, iar altul, Recab; erau fiii lui Rimon din Beerot, dintre fiii lui Beniamin. Căci Beerot(C) era privit ca făcând parte din Beniamin, 3 şi beerotiţii fugiseră la Ghitaim(D), unde au locuit până în ziua de azi. 4 Ionatan(E), fiul lui Saul, avea un fiu olog de picioare şi în vârstă de cinci ani când a venit din Izreel(F) vestea morţii lui Saul şi a lui Ionatan; doica lui l-a luat şi a fugit şi, fiindcă se grăbea să fugă, a căzut şi a rămas olog; numele lui era Mefiboşet. 5 Şi fiii lui Rimon din Beerot, Recab şi Baana, s-au dus în timpul zădufului zilei în casa lui Iş-Boşet, care îşi făcea somnul de amiază. 6 Au pătruns până în mijlocul casei, dându-se drept negustori de grâu, şi l-au lovit în pântece(G); apoi Recab şi Baana, fratele său, au scăpat. 7 Au intrat în casă pe când el era culcat pe pat, în odaia lui de dormit, l-au lovit, l-au omorât şi i-au tăiat capul. I-au luat capul şi au mers toată noaptea prin câmpie. 8 Au adus capul lui Iş-Boşet la David, în Hebron, şi au zis împăratului: „Iată capul lui Iş-Boşet, fiul lui Saul, vrăjmaşul tău, care voia să-ţi ia(H) viaţa; Domnul răzbună azi pe împărat, domnul meu, împotriva lui Saul şi împotriva neamului lui.” 9 David a răspuns lui Recab şi lui Baana, fratele său, fiii lui Rimon din Beerot: „Viu este Domnul(I), care m-a izbăvit din orice primejdie, 10 că pe cel ce a venit să-mi spună(J): ‘Iată, Saul a murit’ şi care credea că-mi aduce o veste bună, l-am prins şi l-am omorât la Ţiclag, ca să-l răsplătesc pentru ştirea lui, 11 şi, când nişte răi au ucis pe un om nevinovat în casa lui şi în patul lui, cu cât mai mult îi voi cere(K) sângele din mâinile voastre şi vă voi nimici de pe pământ.” 12 Şi David a poruncit(L) oamenilor lui să-i omoare; le-au tăiat mâinile şi picioarele şi i-au spânzurat la marginea iazului din Hebron. Au luat apoi capul lui Iş-Boşet şi l-au îngropat în mormântul(M) lui Abner, la Hebron.
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