Secondo dei Re 4

BIBBIA VOLGARE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 E udì il figliuolo di Saul, che Abner era morto in Ebron; e furono debilitate le sue mani, e tutto Israel fu conturbato.	1 And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened, and all Israel was troubled.
2 E col figliuolo di Saul erano due uomini, principi de' ladroni; l'uno avea nome Baana, e l'altro avea nome Recab, figliuoli di Remmon di Berot dei figliuoli di Beniamin; e Berot era reputata di Beniamin.	2 Now the son of Saul had two men captains of his bands, the name of the one was Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Remmon a Berothite of the children of Benjamin: for Beroth also was reckoned in Benjamin.
3 E fuggirono quelli di Berot in Getaim, e furono ivi avveniticci insino a quel tempo.	3 And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were sojourners there until that time.
4 E avea Ionata, figliuolo di Saul, uno figliuolo debile di piedi; ed era di cinque anni, quando furono portate novelle di Saul e di Ionata di Iezrael; il quale tolse la sua balia e fuggì; e fuggendo in fretta, cadde e diventò zoppo; ed ebbe nome Mifiboset.	4 And Jonathan the son of Saul bad a son that was lame of his feet: for he was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezrahel. And his nurse took him up and fled: and as she made haste to flee, he fell and became lame: and his name was Miphiboseth.
5 Or venendo i figliuoli di Remmon di Berot, Recab e Baana, entrarono in casa di Isboset nel caldo del dì; il quale nel mezzodì dormia in su il suo letto; e quella che guardava l' uscio, mondando grano, era addormentata.	5 And the sons of Remmon the Berothite, Rechab and Baana coming, went into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day: and he was sleeping upon his bed at noon. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleansing wheat, was fallen asleep.
6 Ed entrando in casa, tollendo spighe di grano, e Recab e Baana suo fratello il ferirono nell' inguine (giacendosi sopra il suo letto, e ucciserlo), e fuggirono.	6 And they entered into the house secretly taking ears of corn, and Rechab and Baana his brother stabbed him in the groin, and fled away.
7 E tolto il suo capo, andarono per la via del deserto tutta notte.	7 For when they came into the house, be was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour, and they struck him and killed him: and taking away his head they went off by the way of the wilderness, walking all night.
8 E portarono il capo di Isboset a David in Ebron, e dissero al re: ecco il capo del tuo nemico Isboset figliuolo di Saul, il quale cercava dell' anima tua: e ha dato Iddio al nostro signore re, e vendetta di Saul, e del suo seme.	8 And they brought the head of Isboseth to David to Hebron: and they said to the king: Behold the head of Isboseth the son of Saul thy enemy who sought thy life: and the Lord hath revenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9 E respondendo David a Baana e a Recab suo fratello figliuoli di Remmon di Berot, disse loro: vive il Signore, che ha liberata l'anima mia d'ogni· angoscia;	9 But David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,
10 che quelli che m'annunziò che Saul era morto, credendo nunziarmi cose prospere, io il presi e uccisilo in Siceleg; al quale mi convenia dare mercede per novella.	10 The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news.
11 Quanto maggiormente ora che uomini empii hanno morto il suo signore in casa sua, uomo innocente, nel suo letto, ora richiederò io il sangue suo delle vostre mani, e leverovvi di sopra la terra?	11 How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth?
12 E comandò David a' servi suoi; e uccisergli, e tagliate loro le mani e i piedi, impiccarongli sopra la piscina in Ebron; e il capo di Isboset tolsero, e seppellironlo nel sepolcro di Abner in Ebron.	12 And David commanded his servants and they slew them: and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they took and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.