2 Samuel 21:1-8

1During the reignH3117 of DavidH1732 there wasH1961 a famineH7458 for threeH7969 successive yearsH8141H310, and DavidH1732 soughtH1245 the faceH6440 of the LORDH3068.

And the LORDH3068 saidH559, “It is because ofH413 the bloodH1818 shed by SaulH7586 andH413 his familyH1004, becauseH834 he killedH4191 the GibeonitesH1393.”

2At this, DavidH4428 summonedH7121 the GibeonitesH1393 and spokeH559 to themH413. (Now the GibeonitesH1393 wereH1992 notH3808 IsraelitesH1121H3478, butH3588 a remnantH3499 of the AmoritesH567. The IsraelitesH1121H3478 had taken an oath concerning themH7650, but in his zealH7065 for IsraelH1121H3478 and JudahH3063, SaulH7586 had soughtH1245 to kill themH5221.)

3So DavidH1732H413 askedH559 the GibeonitesH1393, “WhatH4100 shall I doH6213 for you? HowH4100 can I make amendsH3722 so that you may blessH1288 the inheritanceH5159 of the LORDH3068?”

4The GibeonitesH1393 saidH559 to him, “We need noH369 silverH3701 or goldH2091 fromH5973 SaulH7586 orH5973 his houseH1004, norH369 should youH376 put to deathH4191 anyone in IsraelH3478 for us.”

“WhateverH4100 youH859 askH559, I will doH6213 for you,” he repliedH559.

5And they answeredH559 the kingH4428, “As for the manH376 whoH834 consumed usH3615 andH834 plottedH1819 against us to exterminate usH8045 from existingH3320 within anyH3605 borderH1366 of IsraelH3478, 6let sevenH7651H582 of his male descendantsH1121 be deliveredH5414 to us so that we may hang themH33631 before the LORDH3068 at GibeahH1390 of SaulH7586, the chosenH972 of the LORDH3068.”

“IH589 will give them to youH5414,” saidH559 the kingH4428.

7Now the kingH4428 sparedH2550H5921 MephiboshethH4648 sonH1121 of JonathanH3083, the sonH1121 of SaulH7586, because ofH5921 the oathH7621 before the LORDH3068 betweenH996 DavidH1732 andH996 JonathanH3083 sonH1121 of SaulH7586. 8But the kingH4428 tookH3947 ArmoniH764 and MephiboshethH4648, the twoH8147 sonsH1121 whomH834 RizpahH7532 daughterH1323 of AiahH345 had borneH3205 to SaulH7586, as well as the fiveH2568 sonsH1121 whomH834 MerabH43242 daughterH1323 of SaulH7586 had borneH3205 to AdrielH5741 sonH1121 of BarzillaiH1271 the MeholathiteH4259.