2 Samuel 4:6-12

Ish-bosheth Murdered

⁶ And they came into the midst of the house as if to get wheat, and they stabbed him _l in the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. ₁ ⁷ When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and put him to death and beheaded him. They took his head and went by the way of _m the Arabah all night, ⁸ and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, "Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, _n who sought your life. The Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring." ⁹ But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, _o "As the Lord lives, _p who has redeemed my life out of every adversity, ¹⁰ _q when one told me, 'Behold, Saul is dead,' and thought he was bringing good news, _r I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. ¹¹ How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now _s require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?" ¹² And David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it _t in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.

1. Cross References
   2 Samuel 2:23
   But he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died where he was. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Samuel 2:29
   And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole morning, they came to Mahanaim.
   Deuteronomy 1:1
   These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 19:10 - 11
   And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
   1 Samuel 23:15
   David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
   
4. Cross References
   Ruth 3:13
   Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Kings 1:29
   And the king swore, saying, "As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity.
   
6. Cross References
   2 Samuel 1:4 - 10
   And David said to him, "How did it go? Tell me." And he answered, "The people fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.
   
7. Cross References
   2 Samuel 1:15
   Then David called one of the young men and said, "Go, execute him." And he struck him down so that he died.
   
8. Cross References
   Genesis 9:5 - 6
   And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
   
9. Cross References
   2 Samuel 3:32
   They buried Abner at Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.