“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.”
And there they came into the house, as though to get wheat — The murderers gain entry under pretext of fetching wheat. The deception mirrors Joab's approach with Abner: false friendship masks murderous intent. Ish-bosheth, alone and vulnerable in his bedchamber, is defenseless.
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