2 Samuel 21:1-9

1Now there was 1a famineH7458 in the daysH3117 of DavidH1732 for threeH7969 yearsH8141, yearH8141 afterH310 yearH8141; and 2DavidH1732 soughtH1245 the presenceH6440 of the LordH3068. And the LordH3068 saidH559, “It is for SaulH7586 and his bloodyH1818 houseH1004, becauseH5921H834 he putH4191 the GibeonitesH1393 to deathH4191.” 2So the kingH4428 calledH7121 the GibeonitesH1393 and spokeH559 to them (now the GibeonitesH1393 were not of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 but of the remnantH3499 of the AmoritesH567, and 3the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 4madeH7650 a covenantH7650 with them, but SaulH7586 had soughtH1245 to 5killH5221 them in his zealH7065 for the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063). 3Thus DavidH1732 saidH559 to the GibeonitesH1393, “WhatH4100 should I doH6213 for you? And howH4100 can I makeH3722 atonementH3722 that you may blessH1288 6the inheritanceH5159 of the LordH3068?” 4Then the GibeonitesH1393 saidH559 to him, “7We haveH369 noH369 concern of silverH3701 or goldH2091 with SaulH7586 or his houseH1004, norH369 is it for us to putH4191 anyH376 manH376 to deathH4191 in IsraelH3478.” And he saidH559, “I will doH6213 for you whateverH4100 you sayH559.” 5So they saidH559 to the kingH4428, “8The manH376 whoH834 consumedH3615 us and whoH834 plannedH1819 9to exterminateH8045 us from remainingH3320 within anyH3605 borderH1366 of IsraelH3478, 6let sevenH7651 menH376 from his sonsH1121 be givenH5414 to us, and we will 10hangH3363 them 11before the LordH3068 in GibeahH1390 of SaulH7586, 12the chosenH972 of the LordH3068.” And the kingH4428 saidH559, “I will giveH5414 them.”

7But the kingH4428 sparedH2550 13MephiboshethH4648, the sonH1121 of JonathanH3083 the sonH1121 of SaulH7586, 14becauseH5921 of the oathH7621 of the LordH3068 whichH834 was betweenH996 them, betweenH996 DavidH1732 and Saul’sH7586 sonH1121 JonathanH3083. 8So the kingH4428 tookH3947 the twoH8147 sonsH1121 of 15RizpahH7532 the daughterH1323 of AiahH345, ArmoniH764 and MephiboshethH4648 whomH834 she had borneH3205 to SaulH7586, and the fiveH2568 sonsH1121 of 1617MerabH4764 the daughterH1323 of SaulH7586, whomH834 she had borneH3205 to AdrielH5741 the sonH1121 of BarzillaiH1271 the 18MeholathiteH4259. 9Then he gaveH5414 them into the handsH3027 of the GibeonitesH1393, and they 19hangedH3363 them in the mountainH2022 beforeH6440 the LordH3068, so that the sevenH7651 of them fellH5307 togetherH3162; and they were putH4191 to deathH4191 in the firstH7223 daysH3117 of harvestH7105 at 20the beginningH8462 of barleyH8184 harvestH7105.