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2 Samuel 4
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Asesinato de Isboset

4 Cuando Isboset hijo de Saúl supo que habían matado a Abner en Hebrón, se angustió, y todo el pueblo de Israel se llenó de temor. 2 Isboset contaba con dos hombres de su confianza, que estaban al frente de unas bandas de bandoleros; uno de ellos se llamaba Baná, y el otro Recab, y los dos eran hijos de un benjaminita de Berot llamado Rimón. (A Berot se le consideraba parte de la tribu de Benjamín. 3 Los habitantes de Berot habían huido a Guitayin, y hasta la fecha viven allí como forasteros.)

4 Jonatán, el hijo de Saúl, tenía un hijo lisiado(A) que se llamaba Mefiboset. Cuando llegó a Jezrel la noticia de que Saúl y Jonatán habían muerto, Mefiboset tenía cinco años de edad. Su nodriza, llena de miedo, lo tomó y huyó con él; pero en su huida el niño se le cayó, y por eso quedó lisiado.

5 Un día, los hijos de Rimón el berorita, es decir, Recab y Baná, entraron en la casa de Isboset mientras éste dormía la siesta en su alcoba. Era la hora en que hacía más calor, 6 y la portera de Isboset, que había estado limpiando el trigo, se había quedado dormida. Recab y su hermano Baná aprovecharon esto y se metieron a la casa. 7 Al entrar y ver que Isboset dormía la siesta, lo mataron y le cortaron la cabeza, y llevándosela con ellos caminaron toda esa noche por el camino del Arabá. 8 Luego, al llegar a Hebrón, le entregaron la cabeza al rey David y le dijeron:

«Aquí tienes la cabeza de tu enemigo Isboset, el hijo de Saúl, que te quería matar. En este día el Señor ha permitido a Su Majestad vengarse de Saúl y de su descendencia.»

9 Pero David les respondió:

«Juro por el Señor, que me ha librado de toda angustia, 10 que cuando otro hombre, pensando que me traía buenas noticias, me comunicó que Saúl había muerto, yo lo agarré y, en pago de esa noticia,(B) le di muerte en Siclag. 11 ¡Con más razón haré lo mismo a los malvados que mataron a un inocente mientras dormía en su cama! ¿No creen que debo vengar esa muerte y eliminarlos de este mundo?»

12 Dicho esto, David ordenó a sus siervos que les dieran muerte, y ellos así lo hicieron, y además les cortaron las manos y los pies, y los colgaron junto al estanque de Hebrón; luego tomaron la cabeza de Isboset y la enterraron en el sepulcro de Abner, en Hebrón.

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2 Samuel 4
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Ish-Bosheth is Assassinated

4 When the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed[a] and all of Israel was horrified. 2 Two of the men, commanders of the raiding bands, were for the son of Saul. The name of one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Recab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the descendants[b] of Benjamin; also, Beeroth was regarded as belonging to Benjamin. 3 The Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and they are resident aliens there until this day. 4 (Now Jonathan the son of Saul had a son who was crippled in the feet. He was five years old when the message of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse had picked him up and fled. It happened that as she was hurrying away to flee, he fell and became crippled. His name was Mephibosheth.) 5 When the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Recab and Baanah, set out, they came at the heat of the day to the house of Ish-Bosheth while he was taking a noontime rest.[c] 6 They came as far as the middle of the house as if takers of wheat, and they struck him in the stomach. Then Recab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 When they had come into the house, he was lying on his couch in his bedchamber,[d] and they attacked him and killed him. Then they beheaded him,[e] and they took his head and went on the way of the Arabah all night. 8 They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron, and they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth, the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life. Yahweh has given to my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and on his offspring.” 9 Then David answered Recab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and he said to them, “As Yahweh lives,[f] who redeemed my soul from all trouble, 10 when the one who told me, “Look, Saul is dead,” thought that he was bringing good news,[g] I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was as my giving the news back to him. 11 How much more[h] when wicked men kill a righteous man in his house, on his bed! So then, shall I not seek his lifeblood from your hand, so that I may destroy you from the earth?” 12 Then David commanded the young men, and they killed them, and they cut off their hands and their feet, and they hung them at the pool at Hebron, but the head of Ish-Bosheth they took and buried in the grave of Abner at Hebron.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 4:1 Literally “his hands hung limp”
  2. 2 Samuel 4:2 Or “sons”
  3. 2 Samuel 4:5 Literally “he was lying with the bed at noon”
  4. 2 Samuel 4:7 Literally “in the room of his lying”
  5. 2 Samuel 4:7 Literally “they took away his head”
  6. 2 Samuel 4:9 Literally “The life of Yahweh”
  7. 2 Samuel 4:10 Literally “and he was as one bringing good news in his eyes”
  8. 2 Samuel 4:11 Literally “Also”
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2 Samuel 4
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Ish-Bosheth Murdered

4 When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner(A) had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed. 2 Now Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Rekab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth(B) is considered part of Benjamin, 3 because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim(C) and have resided there as foreigners to this day.

4 (Jonathan(D) son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news(E) about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled.(F) His name was Mephibosheth.)(G)

5 Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth,(H) and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.(I) 6 They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed(J) him in the stomach. Then Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

7 They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they traveled all night by way of the Arabah.(K) 8 They brought the head(L) of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul,(M) your enemy, who tried to kill you. This day the Lord has avenged(N) my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

9 David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered(O) me out of every trouble, 10 when someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag.(P) That was the reward I gave him for his news! 11 How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood(Q) from your hand and rid the earth of you!”

12 So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them.(R) They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.

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