Translations
Modern
They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
Traditional
And they came thither into the midst 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.
Literal
And they came up to the midst of the house, as taking wheat, and they struck him in the fifth rib. And Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
Latin
Ingressi sunt autem domum latenter assumentes spicas tritici, et percusserunt eum in inguine Rechab, et Baana frater ejus, et fugerunt.
Original
Hebrew
English
They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
Notes
Recab and Baanah believed they would gain David’s favor by committing this betrayal.
Events
- Reign of Davidc. 1055 BC
People
Baanah: A captain who murdered Ish-bosheth, Saul's son Rechab: A captain of Ishbosheth's army, with his brother Baanah
Glossary
Baanah Beeroth Beerothite David Ishbosheth Mahanaim Mephibosheth Rechab Rimmon (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Wheat
Topics
Assassination: Ish-Bosheth, by the Sons of Rimmon Baanah: A Captain of Ish-Bosheth's Army Homicide: Felonious: Rechab and Baanah Ish-Bosheth: Assassinated Murder: Rechab Rechab: Son of Rimmon: Murders Ish-Bosheth, Son of Saul; Put to Death by David Regicide of Ish-Bosheth Treachery of Baanah and Rechab