2 Samuel 4 Study Notes
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4:8 With their words, Today the Lord has granted vengeance, Baanah and Rechab credited God with their act of murder.
4:9-10 David reminded the two assassins of the death of the Amalekite messenger who claimed to have killed King Saul (1:6-10).
4:11 David contrasted the character of Baanah and Rechab with Ish-bosheth, whom he called a righteous man. The words in his own house on his own bed suggested they had committed a cowardly, cold-blooded act (cp. 3:26-30).
4:12 After having the killers executed, David commanded his men to cut off the hands that had committed the murder and feet that had run to bring the news of the murder to David. Ish-bosheth’s head was placed in Abner’s tomb in Hebron, uniting him with family in death but also perhaps subtly identifying him with Judah (3:32).