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Now (A)Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the (B)report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame. And his name was [a](C)Mephibosheth.

So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went forth and came to the house of (D)Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day while he was taking his midday rest. [b]They came to the middle of the house as [c]if to get wheat, and (E)they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 4:4 Merib-baal
  2. 2 Samuel 4:6 Lit And here
  3. 2 Samuel 4:6 Lit takers of wheat