2 Samuel 21:9

2 Samuel 21:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
• New International Version (NIV)He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed their bodies on a hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest, just as the barley harvest was beginning.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the Lord. So they fell, all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

Context of 2 Samuel 21:9

7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord which was between them, between David and Saul’s son Jonathan. 8So the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. Then he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the Lord, so that the seven of them fell together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest at the beginning of barley harvest. 10And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night. 11When it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,

2 Samuel 21:9 word by word

וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞ם בְּיַ֣ד הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים וַיֹּקִיעֻ֤ם בָּהָר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְּל֥וּ שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם יָ֑חַד וְהֵ֨מָּה הֻמְת֜וּ בִּימֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ בָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת קְצִ֥יר שְׂעֹרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Then he gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• them into the handsיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of the Gibeonitesגִּבְעֹנִיgib‛ônîy · GibeoniteH1393
• hangedיָקַעyâqa‛ · to dislocate/hangH3363
• them in the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• so that the sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• of them fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• and they were putמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• the beginningתְּחִלָּהtechillâh · beginningH8462
• of barleyשְׂעֹרָהώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôr ώe‛ôr · barleyH8184

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 21:9

• 2 Samuel 20:6And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom; take your lord’s servants and pursue him, so that he does not find for himself fortified cities and escape from our sight.”
• 2 Samuel 6:17So they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
• Exodus 20:5You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Numbers 35:31Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
• Deuteronomy 21:1“If a slain person is found lying in the open country in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who has struck him,
• 1 Samuel 15:33But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
• 2 Kings 24:3Surely at the command of the Lord it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,
• Ruth 1:22So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 21:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9In the beginning of barley harvest - This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or the 21st of March.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9In the first days - The barley harvest (about the middle or toward the end of April) was earlier than the wheat harvest Exodus 9:31; Rth 1:22 .Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The barley harvest began in the spring, usually in April. before the LORD means "before the Lord's altar" (see study note on 2 Samuel 21:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. they hanged them in the hill before the Lord--Deeming themselves not bound by the criminal law of Israel (De 21:22, 23), their intention was to let the bodies hang until God, propitiated by this offering, should send rain upon the land, for the want of it had occasioned the famine. It was a heathen practice to gibbet men with a view of appeasing the anger of the gods in seasons of famine, and the Gibeonites, who were a remnant of the Amorites (2Sa…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 21:9

• Adriel
• Ajah
• David
• Gibeon
• Mephibosheth
• Rizpah
• Saul

In the dictionaries

• Adriel
• Armoni
• Barley
• David
• Gibeah
• Gibeon
• Harvest
• Mephibosheth
• Aiah
• Giants

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary