II Samuel 4:6
The Scripture
(6) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Two of Ish-bosheth's captains, Baanah and Rechab, murdered him in his bed and brought his head to David expecting a reward, but David had them executed for killing an innocent man. The chapter also introduces Mephibosheth, Jonathan's crippled son, who was dropped and injured by his nurse while fleeing news of Saul and Jonathan's deaths.
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II Samuel 2:23II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 20:10Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8