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Ishbosit oʻldiriladi
1 Ishbosit Abnurning Xevronda oʻldirilganini eshitdi–yu, boʻshashib qoldi. Butun Isroil xalqi vahimaga tushdi. 2 Ishbositning xizmatida Banax va Raxav degan ikkita odam bor edi, ular bosqinchi toʻdalar sardori edilar. Oʻzlari Baroʻt shahridan boʻlib, Benyamin qabilasidan Rimmon deganning oʻgʻillari edi. Baroʻt shahri u vaqtda Benyamin hududiga kirardi. 3 Baroʻt aholisi Gitayim shahriga qochib ketgan edi. Oʻshandan buyon ular kelgindi boʻlib oʻsha yerda yashaydilar.
4 Shoulning naslidan Mefibosit degan ikkala oyogʻi ham nogiron bola bor edi. U Yoʻnatanning oʻgʻli edi. “Shoul bilan Yoʻnatan halok boʻldi”, deb Yizril shahridan xabar kelganda, Mefibosit besh yoshda edi. Enagasi, bolani olib qochaman deb, shosha–pisha ketayotganda, bolani qoʻlidan tushirib yuborgan, bola esa nogiron boʻlib qolgan edi.
5 Bir kuni Raxav bilan Banax kun rosa qizigan paytda Ishbositning uyiga kelishdi. Tush payti, Ishbosit oʻzining xonasida uxlayotgan ekan. 6-7 Ikkala aka–uka bugʻdoy olish bahonasida uyga kirishdi. Uyga kirganlari zahoti, Ishbositning qorniga xanjar urib, uni oʻldirdilar. Soʻng uning boshini kesib olib ketdilar.
Raxav bilan Banax tun boʻyi Iordan vodiysi boʻylab yurishdi.
8 Ular Ishbositning boshini Xevronga — shoh Dovudga olib kelishib, unga shunday deyishdi:
— Mana sizni oʻldirmoqchi boʻlgan gʻanimingiz Shoulning oʻgʻli Ishbositning boshi! Egamiz bugun Shouldan va uning xonadonidan shoh janoblari uchun oʻch oldi.
9 Biroq Dovud Raxav bilan ukasi Banaxga shunday dedi:
— Jonimni har turli balo–qazolardan asragan Xudo shohid! 10 Shoulning oʻlimini bittasi oʻzicha xushxabar deb olib kelgan edi. Oʻsha odamni ushlab, Zixlaxda oʻldirtirgan edim. Uning mukofoti shu boʻlgan edi! 11 Aybsiz odamni oʻzining uyida, toʻshagida oʻldirgan yovuz kimsalar ham albatta oʻldiriladi! Hoziroq sizlardan uning xunini talab qilaman, sizlarni quritib yuboraman!
12 Dovud yigitlariga farmon bergan edi, ular ikkala aka–ukani oʻldirishdi. Soʻng qoʻl–oyoqlarini kesib tashlab, jasadlarini Xevrondagi hovuz boʻyidagi tik oʻrnatilgan xodalarning uchlariga qoqishdi. Ishbositning boshini Abnurning Xevrondagi xilxonasiga olib borib dafn qilishdi.
1 And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 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 the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) 4 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 the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 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. 7 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 gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9 ¶ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 10 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 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? 12 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 Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
