And Jonathan Saul’s son had a son that was lame on his feet: he was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Israel: then his nurse took him, and fled away. And as she made haste to flee, the child fell, and began to halt, and his name was Mephibosheth.

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah went and came in the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth (who slept on a bed at noon.)

And behold, Rechab and Baanah his brother came into the midst of the house, as they [a]would have wheat, and they [b]smote him under the fifth rib, and fled.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 4:6 They disguised themselves as merchants, which came to buy wheat.
  2. 2 Samuel 4:6 There is nothing so vile and dangerous, which the wicked will not enterprise in hope of lucre and favor.

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