2 Samuel 4: Ish-bosheth Is Assassinated

Abner’s death leaves Ish-bosheth fearful, and the narrator introduces Jonathan’s lame son Mephibosheth. Two of Ish-bosheth’s captains murder him and bring the proof to David expecting reward, but David condemns them for killing an innocent man and has them executed.

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Rechab and Baanah killed Ish-bosheth in his house and brought proof of it to David in Hebron. How did they describe what they had done (2 Samuel 4:8)?

As an order Abner had given before he diedAs a sentence passed by Israel’s eldersAs a death that happened in open battleAs the LORD avenging David on Saul’s family