Baana and Rechab secretly kill Isboseth, bring his head to David. 9. who condemning their fact, putteth them to death.Baana and Rechab secretly kil Isboseth, bring his head to Dauid. 9. who condemning their fact, putteth them to death.✦
And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened, and all Israel was troubled.AND Isboseth the sonne of Saul heard that Abner was slaine in Hebron: and his handes were weakened, and al Israel was troubled.Audivit autem Isboseth filius Saul quod cecidisset Abner in Hebron : et dissolutæ sunt manus ejus, omnisque Israël perturbatus est.
2And the son of Saul had two men captains of robbers, the name of one Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rhemmon the Berothite of the sons of Benjamin: for Beroth also was accounted in Benjamin.And the sonne of Saul had two men captaynes of robbers, the name of one Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, the sonnes of Rhemmon the Berothite of the sonnes of Beniamin: for Beroth also was accounted in Beniamin.✦Duo autem viri principes latronum erant filio Saul, nomen uni Baana, et nomen alteri Rechab, filii Remmon Berothitæ de filiis Benjamin : siquidem et Beroth reputata est in Benjamin.
3And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were there strangers until that time.And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were there strangers vntil that time.Et fugerunt Berothitæ in Gethaim, fueruntque ibi advenæ usque ad tempus illud.
4And Jonathas the son of Saul had a son lame in his feet: for he was five years old, when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathas from Jezrahel. his nurse therefore taking him, fled: and when she made haste to flee, he fell, and was made lame: and he was called Miphiboseth.And Ionathas the sonne of Saul had a sonne lame in his feete: for he was fiue yeares old, when the tydinges came of Saul and Ionathas from Iezrahel. his nurse therfore taking him, fled: and when she made hast to flee, he fel, and was made lame: and he was called Miphiboseth.✦Erat autem Jonathæ filio Saul filius debilis pedibus : quinquennis enim fuit, quando venit nuntius de Saul et Jonatha ex Jezrahel. Tollens itaque eum nutrix sua, fugit : cumque festinaret ut fugeret, cecidit, et claudus effectus est : habuitque vocabulum Miphiboseth.
5Therefore the sons of Rhemmon the Berothite, Rachab and Baana came, entered into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day: who slept upon his bed at noon.Therfore the sonnes of Rhemmon the Berothite, Rachab and Baana came, entered into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day: who slept vpon his bed at noone.✦Venientes igitur filii Remmon Berothitæ, Rechab et Baana, ingressi sunt fervente die domum Isboseth : qui dormiebat super stratum suum meridie. Et ostiaria domus purgans triticum, obdormivit.
6And they entered into the house secretly taking ears of corn, and Rechab and Baana his brother, percusserunt: caressed; struck, smote him in privy parts and fled.And they entered into the house secretly taking eares of corne, and Rechab and Baana his brother, stroke him in priuy partes and fled.✦Ingressi sunt autem domum latenter assumentes spicas tritici, et percusserunt eum in inguine Rechab, et Baana frater ejus, et fugerunt.
7And when they were entered into the house, he slept upon his bed in a conclavi: inner chamber, and striking they killed him: and taking away his head they went by the way of the desert all night.And when they were entred into the house, he slept vpon his bed in a parler, and striking they killed him: and taking away his head they went by the way of the desert al night.Cum autem ingressi fuissent domum, ille dormiebat super lectum suum in conclavi, et percutientes interfecerunt eum : sublatoque capite ejus, abierunt per viam deserti tota nocte,
8And brought the head of Isboseth to David into Hebron: and they said to the king: Behold the head of Isboseth the son of Saul thine enemy who sought thy life: and our Lord hath given my lord the king this day revenge of Saul, and of his seed.And brought the head of Isboseth to Dauid into Hebron: and they said to the king: Behold the head of Isboseth the sonne of Saul thine enemie who sought thy life: and our Lord hath geuen my lord the king this day reuenge of Saul, and of his seede.et attulerunt caput Isboseth ad David in Hebron : dixeruntque ad regem : Ecce caput Isboseth filii Saul inimici tui, qui quærebat animam tuam : et dedit Dominus domino meo regi ultionem hodie de Saul, et de semine ejus.
9But David answering Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Rhemmon the Berothite, said to them: our Lord liveth, which hath delivered my soul out of all distress,But Dauid answering Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sonnes of Rhemmon the Berothite, said to them: our Lord liueth, which hath deliuered my soule out of al distresse,Respondens autem David Rechab, et Baana fratri ejus, filiis Remmon Berothitæ, dixit ad eos : Vivit Dominus, qui eruit animam meam de omni angustia,
10for so much as him that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought that he told prosperous things, I apprehended, and slew him in Sicelez, to whom I should have given a reward for his tidings.for so much as him that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought that he told prosperous thinges, I apprehended, and slewe him in Sicelez, to whom I should haue geuen a reward for his tydinges.quoniam eum qui annuntiaverat mihi, et dixerat : Mortuus est Saul : qui putabat se prospera nuntiare, tenui, et occidi eum in Siceleg, cui oportebat mercedem dare pro nuntio.
11How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?How much more now when wicked men haue slaine an innocent man in his owne house, vpon his bed, shal I not require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?✦Quanto magis nunc cum homines impii interfecerunt virum innoxium in domo sua, super lectum suum, non quæram sanguinem ejus de manu vestra, et auferam vos de terra ?
12David therefore commanded his servants, and they slew them, and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them over the pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they took, and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.Dauid therefore commaunded his seruantes, and they slew them, and cutting of their hands and feete, hanged them ouer the poole in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they tooke, and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.✦Præcepit itaque David pueris suis, et interfecerunt eos : præcidentesque manus et pedes eorum, suspenderunt eos super piscinam in Hebron : caput autem Isboseth tulerunt, et sepelierunt in sepulchro Abner in Hebron.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.