² Now Saul's son had two men who were captains of raiding bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon a man of Benjamin from Beeroth (^(A)for Beeroth also is counted part of Benjamin;

²⁵ Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

¹⁷ And the people of Israel set out and reached their cities on the third day. ^(A)Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

²³ So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again ^(A)on raids into the land of Israel.

² Now the Syrians on ^(A)one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife.

²² Just then the servants of David arrived with Joab from a raid, bringing much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.