1When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed.2Now 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 is considered part of Benjamin,3because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have resided there as foreigners to this day.4(Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news 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. His name was Mephibosheth.)5Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth, and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.6They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away.7They 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 travelled all night by way of the Arabah.8They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, ‘Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to kill you. This day the Lord has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.’9David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,10when someone told me, “Saul is dead,” and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!11How 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 from your hand and rid the earth of you!’12So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. 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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Morte di Is-Boset
1Quando il figlio di Saul* ebbe udito che Abner era morto a Ebron, gli caddero le braccia. Anche Israele fu nello sgomento.2Il figlio di Saul aveva due uomini che comandavano bande armate. Uno si chiamava Baana, l’altro Recab; erano figli di Rimmon di Beerot, della tribù di Beniamino, perché anche Beerot è considerata come appartenente a Beniamino,3sebbene i Beerotiti si siano rifugiati a Ghittaim, dove sono rimasti fino al giorno d’oggi.4Gionatan, figlio di Saul, aveva un figlio storpio, il quale aveva cinque anni quando arrivò da Izreel la notizia della morte di Saul e di Gionatan. La balia lo prese e fuggì; in questa sua fuga precipitosa il bambino cadde e rimase zoppo. Il suo nome era Mefiboset.5I figli di Rimmon, il Beerotita, Recab e Baana, andarono dunque nelle ore più calde del giorno in casa di Is-Boset, il quale stava facendo il suo riposo pomeridiano.6Penetrarono fino in mezzo alla casa, come volendo prendere del grano; lo colpirono al ventre e si diedero alla fuga.7Entrarono in casa mentre Is-Boset era steso sul letto nella sua camera: lo colpirono, lo uccisero, lo decapitarono; poi presero la sua testa e camminarono tutta la notte attraverso la pianura.8I due portarono la testa di Is-Boset a Davide, a Ebron, e dissero al re: «Ecco la testa di Is-Boset, figlio di Saul, tuo nemico, il quale cercava di toglierti la vita; oggi il Signore ha fatto vendetta per il re mio signore, su Saul e sulla sua discendenza».9Ma Davide rispose a Recab e a Baana suo fratello, figli di Rimmon il Beerotita, e disse loro: «Com’è vero che vive il Signore, il quale mi ha liberato da ogni angoscia,10quando venne colui che mi disse: “Ecco, Saul è morto!”, pensando di portarmi una buona notizia, io lo feci prendere e uccidere a Siclag, per ricompensarlo della sua buona notizia;11quanto più adesso che uomini scellerati hanno ucciso un innocente in casa sua, sul suo letto, non dovrei chiedervi ragione del suo sangue sparso dalle vostre mani e sterminarvi dalla terra?»12Davide diede l’ordine ai suoi uomini, ed essi li uccisero; troncarono loro le mani e i piedi, poi li appesero presso lo stagno di Ebron. Presero quindi la testa di Is-Boset e la seppellirono nella tomba di Abner a Ebron.
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