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1 # Then there was a famine <07458> in the days <03117> of David <01732> three <07969> years <08141>, year <08141> after <0310> year <08141>; and David <01732> enquired <01245> (8762) of <06440> the LORD <03068>. And the LORD <03068> answered <0559> (8799), It is for Saul <07586>, and for his bloody <01818> house <01004>, because he slew <04191> (8689) the Gibeonites <01393>.
2 And the king <04428> called <07121> (8799) the Gibeonites <01393>, and said <0559> (8799) unto them; (now the Gibeonites <01393> were not of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, but of the remnant <03499> of the Amorites <0567> ; and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> had sworn <07650> (8738) unto them: and Saul <07586> sought <01245> (8762) to slay <05221> (8687) them in his zeal <07065> (8763) to the children <01121> of Israel <03478> and Judah <03063> .)
3 Wherefore David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the Gibeonites <01393>, What shall I do <06213> (8799) for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement <03722> (8762), that ye may bless <01288> (8761) the inheritance <05159> of the LORD <03068>?
4 And the Gibeonites <01393> said <0559> (8799) unto him, We will have no silver <03701> nor gold <02091> of <05973> Saul <07586>, nor of his house <01004>; neither for us shalt thou kill <04191> (8687) any man <0376> in Israel <03478> . And he said <0559> (8799), What ye shall say <0559> (8802), that will I do <06213> (8799) for you.
5 And they answered <0559> (8799) the king <04428>, The man <0376> that consumed <03615> (8765) us, and that devised <01819> (8765) against us that we should be destroyed <08045> (8738) from remaining <03320> (8692) in any of the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>,
6 Let seven <07651> men <0582> of his sons <01121> be delivered <05414> (8714) unto us, and we will hang them up <03363> (8689) unto the LORD <03068> in Gibeah <01390> of Saul <07586>, whom the LORD <03068> did choose <0972> . And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), I will give <05414> (8799) them.
7 But the king <04428> spared <02550> (8799) Mephibosheth <04648>, the son <01121> of Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, because of the LORD'S <03068> oath <07621> that was between them, between David <01732> and Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>.
8 But the king <04428> took <03947> (8799) the two <08147> sons <01121> of Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345>, whom she bare <03205> (8804) unto Saul <07586>, Armoni <0764> and Mephibosheth <04648> ; and the five <02568> sons <01121> of Michal <04324> the daughter <01323> of Saul <07586>, whom she brought up <03205> (8804) for Adriel <05741> the son <01121> of Barzillai <01271> the Meholathite <04259>:
9 And he delivered <05414> (8799) them into the hands <03027> of the Gibeonites <01393>, and they hanged <03363> (8686) them in the hill <02022> before <06440> the LORD <03068>: and they fell <05307> (8799) all seven <07651> (8675) <07659> together <03162>, and were put to death <04191> (8717) in the days <03117> of harvest <07105> , in the first <07223> days, in the beginning <08462> of barley <08184> harvest <07105>.
10 # And Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345> took <03947> (8799) sackcloth <08242>, and spread <05186> (8686) it for her upon the rock <06697>, from the beginning <08462> of harvest <07105> until water <04325> dropped <05413> (8738) upon them out of heaven <08064>, and suffered <05414> (8804) neither the birds <05775> of the air <08064> to rest <05117> (8800) on them by day <03119>, nor the beasts <02416> of the field <07704> by night <03915>.
11 And it was told <05046> (8714) David <01732> what Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345> , the concubine <06370> of Saul <07586>, had done <06213> (8804).
12 And David <01732> went <03212> (8799) and took <03947> (8799) the bones <06106> of Saul <07586> and the bones <06106> of Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> from the men <01167> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>, which had stolen <01589> (8804) them from the street <07339> of Bethshan <01052>, where the Philistines <06430> had hanged <08511> (8804) (8675) <08518> (8804) them, when <03117> the Philistines <06430> had slain <05221> (8687) Saul <07586> in Gilboa <01533>:
13 And he brought up <05927> (8686) from thence the bones <06106> of Saul <07586> and the bones <06106> of Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>; and they gathered <0622> (8799) the bones <06106> of them that were hanged <03363> (8716) .
14 And the bones <06106> of Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> buried <06912> (8799) they in the country <0776> of Benjamin <01144> in Zelah <06762>, in the sepulchre <06913> of Kish <07027> his father <01>: and they performed <06213> (8799) all that the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8765). And after <0310> that God <0430> was intreated <06279> (8735) for the land <0776>.
15 # Moreover the Philistines <06430> had yet war <04421> again with Israel <03478>; and David <01732> went down <03381> (8799), and his servants <05650> with him, and fought <03898> (8735) against the Philistines <06430>: and David <01732> waxed faint <05774> (8799).
16 And Ishbibenob <03430>, which was of the sons <03211> of the giant <07497>, the weight <04948> of whose spear <07013> weighed three <07969> hundred <03967> shekels of brass <05178> in weight <04948>, he being girded <02296> (8803) with a new <02319> sword, thought <0559> (8799) to have slain <05221> (8687) David <01732>.
17 But Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> succoured <05826> (8799) him, and smote <05221> (8686) the Philistine <06430>, and killed <04191> (8686) him. Then the men <0582> of David <01732> sware <07650> (8738) unto him, saying <0559> (8800), Thou shalt go <03318> (8799) no more out with us to battle <04421>, that thou quench <03518> (8762) not the light <05216> of Israel <03478>.
18 And it came to pass after this <0310>, that there was again a battle <04421> with the Philistines <06430> at Gob <01359> : then Sibbechai <05444> the Hushathite <02843> slew <05221> (8689) Saph <05593>, which was of the sons <03211> of the giant <07497>.
19 And there was again a battle <04421> in Gob <01359> with the Philistines <06430>, where Elhanan <0445> the son <01121> of Jaareoregim <03296>, a Bethlehemite <01022>, slew <05221> (8686) the brother of Goliath <01555> the Gittite <01663> , the staff <06086> of whose spear <02595> was like a weaver's <0707> (8802) beam <04500>.
20 And there was yet a battle <04421> in Gath <01661>, where was a man <0376> of great stature <04067> (8675) <04055>, that had on every hand <03027> six <08337> fingers <0676>, and on every foot <07272> six <08337> toes <0676> , four <0702> and twenty <06242> in number <04557>; and he also was born <03205> (8795) to the giant <07497>.
21 And when he defied <02778> (8762) Israel <03478>, Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Shimea <08092> the brother <0251> of David <01732> slew <05221> (8686) him.
22 These four <0702> were born <03205> (8795) to the giant <07497> in Gath <01661>, and fell <05307> (8799) by the hand <03027> of David <01732>, and by the hand <03027> of his servants <05650>.