Kashe Ish-boshet
Biyu daga cikin shugabannin mahara na Ish-boshet kansa suka soke shi a gadonsa lokacin hutun rana, suka ɗauki kansa zuwa Hebron, suna kiransa ramuwar Ubanmu. Dawuda, wanda a dā ya kashe mutumin da ya ce ya kashe Shawulu, ya sa aka kashe su. Aka binne kan a kabarin Abner.
4 1Da Ish-boshet ɗan Shawulu ya ji cewa Abner ya mutu a Hebron, sai zuciyarsa ta karaya, dukan Isra'ila kuma suka firgita. 2Ɗan Shawulu yana da shugabannin ƙungiyoyin masu kai hari guda biyu, Ba'ana da Rekab, 'ya'yan Rimmon mutumin Be'erot, na kabilar Benyamin — gama an lissafta Be'erot ma a cikin Benyamin, 3gama mutanen Be'erot sun gudu zuwa Gittayim, suka yi zama a can baƙi har wa yau.
4Yonatan ɗan Shawulu yana da ɗa guda gurgu a ƙafafu biyu. Yana da shekara biyar sa'ad da labarin Shawulu da Yonatan ya zo daga Yezre'el; sai uwar renonsa ta ɗauke shi don ta gudu, amma yayin da take gaggawa sai ya faɗi ya zama gurgu. Sunansa Mefiboshet.
5Sai Rekab da Ba'ana, 'ya'yan Rimmon mutumin Be'erot, suka tafi gidan Ish-boshet da zafin rana, yayin da yake hutun tsakar rana. 6Suka shiga tsakiyar gida kamar za su ɗauki alkama, sai suka soke shi a ciki, Rekab da ɗan'uwansa Ba'ana kuma suka tsere. 7Sun shiga gidan ne yayin da Ish-boshet yake kwance a gadonsa a ɗakin kwanansa. Suka buge shi suka kashe shi, suka datse kansa, suka ɗauke shi, suna tafiya dukan dare ta hanyar Araba. 8Suka kawo wa Dawuda kan Ish-boshet a Hebron, suka ce wa sarki, “Ga kan Ish-boshet ɗan Shawulu, abokin gābanka da ya nemi ranka. Yau Ubanmu ya ɗauki fansa domin ubangijina sarki a kan Shawulu da zuriyarsa.” a a v8 Masu kisan sun danganta laifinsu ga Ubanmu, amma amsarsa ta zo ta wurin Dawuda, wanda ya hukunta su a matsayin masu kisan mutum marar laifi.
9Amma Dawuda ya amsa wa Rekab da ɗan'uwansa Ba'ana, 'ya'yan Rimmon mutumin Be'erot, ya ce, “Muddin Ubanmu yana da rai, wanda ya fanshi raina daga kowace wahala, 10sa'ad da wani mutum ya gaya mini, ‘Ga shi, Shawulu ya mutu,’ yana tsammani ya kawo labari mai daɗi, sai na kama shi na kashe shi a Ziklag. Wannan shi ne ladan da na ba shi saboda labarinsa! 11Balle fa sa'ad da mugayen mutane suka kashe mai adalci a cikin gidansa, a kan gadonsa — ashe ba zan nemi jininsa daga hannunku yanzu ba, in kuma kawar da ku daga duniya? 12Sai Dawuda ya umarci samarinsa, suka kuwa kashe su, suka datse hannayensu da ƙafafunsu, suka rataya gawawwakin kusa da tafkin Hebron. Amma kan Ish-boshet suka binne shi a kabarin Abner a Hebron.”