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2 Samuel 4:8-10
New Catholic Bible
2 Samuel 4:8-10
New Catholic Bible
The Murder Avenged.[a] 8 When they arrived in Hebron, they brought the head of Ishbaal to David and said to the king: “Here is the head of Ishbaal, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. Thus has the Lord this day avenged my lord the king on Saul and his offspring.”
9 Then David replied to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite: “As the Lord lives, he who has delivered me from every danger, 10 in Ziklag I seized and ordered to be killed the man who brought me word that Saul was dead. That was how I rewarded him.
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- 2 Samuel 4:8 As in the case of the messenger announcing Saul’s death (2 Sam 1:1-16), David is not won over by Rechab and Baanah’s murder of his rival Ishbaal. David’s sense of justice demands severe punishment and dishonor for them while Ishbaal’s remains are treated with respect.
