0 Under which rib did Baanah and Rechab smite Ishbosheth?

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 11:8

Trivia: According to Ezekiel 39, if you find a human bone, where should you bury it?

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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