Then Davidcommandedthe youngmen,and they killedthem and cutofftheir handsand feetand hungthem up besidethe poolin Hebron.But they tookthe headof Ish-boshethand buriedit in the graveof Abnerin Hebron.
And Davidcalledoneof the youngmenand said,"Go,cuthim down."So he struckhim and he died.
"The LORDhas returnedupon you allthe bloodshedof the houseof Saul,in whoseplaceyou have reigned;and the LORDhas giventhe kingdominto the handof your sonAbsalom.And behold,you are [taken] in your own evil,for you are a manof bloodshed!"
But Abnerthe sonof Ner,commanderof Saul'sarmy,had takenIsh-bosheththe sonof Sauland broughthim overto Mahanaim.
Then he gavethem into the handsof the Gibeonites,and they hangedthem in the mountainbeforethe LORD,so that the sevenof them felltogether;and they were putto deathin the firstdaysof harvestat the beginningof barleyharvest.
Thus they buriedAbnerin Hebron;and the kingliftedup his voiceand weptat the graveof Abner,and allthe peoplewept.
But You, O God,will bringthem downto the pitof destruction;Menof bloodshedand deceitwill not liveout halftheir days.But I will trustin You.
"For in the wayyou judge,you will be judged;and by your standardof measure,it will be measuredto you.
