2 Samuel 21
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2 Samuel 21:2-9

2And the kingH4428 calledH7121 the GibeonitesH1393, and saidH559 unto them (now the GibeonitesH1393 were not of the children of IsraelH3478, but of the remnant of the AmoritesH567; and the children of IsraelH3478 had swornH7650 unto them: and SaulH7586 soughtH1245 to slay them in his zeal for the children of IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063); 3and DavidH1732 saidH559 unto the GibeonitesH1393, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I makeH6213 atonementH3722, that ye may blessH1288 the inheritanceH5159 of Jehovah? 4And the GibeonitesH1393 saidH559 unto him, It is no matter of silverH3701 or goldH2091 between us and SaulH7586, or his houseH1004; neither is it for us to putH4191 any manH376 to deathH4191 in IsraelH3478. And he saidH559, What ye shall sayH559, that will I do for you. 5And they saidH559 unto the kingH4428, The manH376 that consumed us, and that devised against us, that we should be destroyedH8045 from remaining in any of the bordersH1366 of IsraelH3478, 6let sevenH7651 menH376 of his sonsH1121 be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in GibeahH1390 of SaulH7586, the chosen of Jehovah. And the kingH4428 saidH559, I will giveH5414 them.

7But the kingH4428 sparedH2550 MephiboshethH4648, the sonH1121 of JonathanH3083 the sonH1121 of SaulH7586, because of Jehovah’s oathH7621 that was between them, between DavidH1732 and JonathanH3083 the sonH1121 of SaulH7586. 8But the kingH4428 tookH3947 the twoH8147 sonsH1121 of RizpahH7532 the daughterH1323 of AiahH345, whom she bare unto SaulH7586, Armoni and MephiboshethH4648; and the fiveH2568 sonsH1121 of MichalH4324 the daughterH1323 of SaulH7586, whom she bare to AdrielH5741 the sonH1121 of BarzillaiH1271 the MeholathiteH4259: 9and he delivered them into the handsH3027 of the GibeonitesH1393, and they hanged them in the mountainH2022 before Jehovah, and they fellH5307 all sevenH7651 togetherH3162. And they were putH5414 to deathH4191 in the daysH3117 of harvestH7105, in the firstH7223 daysH3117, at the beginning of barleyH8184 harvestH7105.

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