4:5-8
Baanah and Rekab were more aware of the political situation and knew that Ish-bosheth was yesterday’s man, if he had ever been a man at all. Anyway, they knew that David’s kingship was the way things were going. So they decided to murder Ish-bosheth. They also cut off his head and took it with them to show David. While they knew the way the political wind was blowing, they did not understand David. They knew that Saul had tried to kill David, and so thought that bringing Ish-bosheth’s head to him would gain them favour in David’s sight.
4:9-12
They could not have been more wrong. A key point in David’s thinking was that it was the Lord who had delivered him. He tells Baanah and Rekab of the messenger who had brought him news of Saul’s death. This had not ended well for him. Now these two men had actually murdered an innocent man. So they would pay with their blood. David had them killed and their bodies were put on public display. Meanwhile, Ish-Bosheth was given a proper burial.
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