TRIV Under which rib did Baanah and Rechab smite Ishbosheth?

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Numbers 21:6

Trivia: What was God's tribute from the Midianite massacre?

Under which rib did Baanah and Rechab smite Ishbosheth?


Under the fifth rib

And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 2 Samuel 4:6
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 2 Samuel 4:6

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