For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedroom then they struck him and killed him, beheaded him and took his head, and were all night escaping through the plain.Ī. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. And they came there, all the way into the house, as though to get wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed at noon. (5-7) Baanah and Rechab murder Ishbosheth. He was weak because of his age and because of an injury that came from the hand of another. As she made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame: Mephibosheth was weak because of circumstances beyond his control. At this time he was only 12 years old – and he was lame. Mephibosheth was the last male descendant of Saul with a strong legal claim to the throne of Saul. His name was Mephibosheth: This was the son of Jonathan, David’s good friend who died with his father on the field of battle. Ishbosheth was weak because he trusted in man.ī. He trusted in man to gain his position, so when the man was gone, he knew his position would be soon gone. He lost heart: When Ishbosheth heard that the man who put and propped him on the throne was dead, he knew that his day was almost over. And it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel and his nurse took him up and fled. (For Beeroth also was part of Benjamin, because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there until this day.) Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin. Now Saul’s son had two men who were captains of troops. When Saul’s son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost heart, and all Israel was troubled. (1-4) The weakened condition of the house of Saul.
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