<p class="bodytext">Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite &#8211; Recab and Baanah &#8211; went at the hottest part of the day to the home of Ish-bosheth, as he was enjoying his midday rest.

Now Saul&#8217;s son<n id="1" /> had two men who were in charge of raiding units; one was named Baanah and the other Recab. They were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, who was a Benjaminite. (Beeroth is regarded as belonging to Benjamin,

<p class="bodytext">David replied to Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, &#8220;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, who has delivered my life from all adversity,

David seized from him 1,700 charioteers<n id="1" /> and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of the chariot horses.<n id="2" />

The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers.<n id="1" /> He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there.

Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn&#8217;t a woman throw an upper millstone<n id="1" /> down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?&#8217; just say to him, &#8216;Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Absalom happened to come across David&#8217;s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his<n id="1" /> mule, it<n id="2" /> went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair,<n id="3" /> while the mule he had been riding kept going.p>