“How much more should I reward evil men who have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed? Shouldn’t I hold you responsible for his blood and rid the earth of you?”
Recab and Baanah, two soldiers in King Ishbosheth’s army, murdered the king as he lay sleeping. They cut off his head and carried it to David. David promptly rewarded their treachery by ordering his men to kill them both.
