2 Samuel 4

1 and to hear: hear son: child Saul for to die Abner in/on/with Hebron and to slacken hand: themselves his and all Israel to dismay

And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

2 and two human ruler band to be son: child Saul name [the] one Baanah and name [the] second Rechab son: child Rimmon [the] Beerothite from son: descendant/people Benjamin for also Beeroth to devise: count upon Benjamin

And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.

3 and to flee [the] Beerothite Gittaim [to] and to be there to sojourn till [the] day: today [the] this

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

4 and to/for Jonathan son: child Saul son: child crippled foot son: aged five year to be in/on/with to come (in): come tidings Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel and to lift: bear him be faithful him and to flee and to be in/on/with to hurry she to/for to flee and to fall: fall and to limp and name his Mephibosheth

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

5 and to go: went son: child Rimmon [the] Beerothite Rechab and Baanah and to come (in): come like/as heat [the] day to(wards) house: home Ish-bosheth Ish-bosheth and he/she/it to lie down: sleep [obj] bed [the] midday

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

6 and they(fem.) to come (in): come till midst [the] house: home to take: take wheat and to smite him to(wards) [the] belly and Rechab and Baanah brother: male-sibling his to escape

And they came thither into the middle of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

7 and to come (in): come [the] house: home and he/she/it to lie down: lay down upon bed his in/on/with chamber bed his and to smite him and to die him and to turn aside: remove [obj] head his and to take: take [obj] head his and to go: went way: road [the] Arabah all [the] night

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and got them away through the plain all night.

8 and to come (in): bring [obj] head Ish-bosheth Ish-bosheth to(wards) David Hebron and to say to(wards) [the] king behold head Ish-bosheth Ish-bosheth son: child Saul enemy your which to seek [obj] soul: life your and to give: give LORD to/for lord my [the] king vengeance [the] day: today [the] this from Saul and from seed: children his

And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul your enemy, which sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

9 and to answer David [obj] Rechab and [obj] Baanah brother: male-sibling his son: child Rimmon [the] Beerothite and to say to/for them alive LORD which to ransom [obj] soul: life my from all distress

And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

10 for [the] to tell to/for me to/for to say behold to die Saul and he/she/it to be like/as to bear tidings in/on/with eye: appearance his and to grasp [emph?] in/on/with him and to kill him in/on/with Ziklag which to/for to give: give me to/for him good news

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

11 also for human wicked to kill [obj] man righteous in/on/with house: home his upon bed his and now not to seek [obj] blood his from hand your and to burn: destroy [obj] you from [the] land: country/planet

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

12 and to command David [obj] [the] youth and to kill them and to cut [obj] hand their and [obj] foot their and to hang upon [the] pool in/on/with Hebron and [obj] head Ish-bosheth Ish-bosheth to take: take and to bury in/on/with grave Abner in/on/with Hebron

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulcher of Abner in Hebron.