New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Samuel 21:2-9
2So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and 1the sons of Israel had 2made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to 3kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah). 3David said to the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? And how can I make amends, so that you will bless 4the inheritance of the Lord?” 4Then the Gibeonites said to him, “5For us it is not a matter of silver or gold with Saul or his house, nor is it for us to put anyone to death in Israel.” Nevertheless David said, “I will do for you whatever you say.” 5So they said to the king, “6The man who destroyed us and who planned 7to eliminate us so that we would not exist within any border of Israel-- 6let seven men from his sons be given to us, and we will 8hang them 9before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, 10the chosen of the Lord.” And the king said, “I will give them.”
7But the king spared 11Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, 12because 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 13Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of 1415Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the 16Meholathite. 9Then he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they 17hanged them on 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 18the beginning of barley harvest.
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 21:2 Josh 9:3, 15-20 ↩
- 2. 2 Samuel 21:2 Lit sworn to ↩
- 3. 2 Samuel 21:2 Lit strike ↩
- 4. 2 Samuel 21:3 1 Sam 26:19; 2 Sam 20:19 ↩
- 5. 2 Samuel 21:4 Num 35:31, 32 ↩
- 6. 2 Samuel 21:5 2 Sam 21:1 ↩
- 7. 2 Samuel 21:5 Lit against us that we are eliminated from ↩
- 8. 2 Samuel 21:6 Or expose them ↩
- 9. 2 Samuel 21:6 Num 25:4 ↩
- 10. 2 Samuel 21:6 1 Sam 10:24 ↩
- 11. 2 Samuel 21:7 2 Sam 4:4; 9:10 ↩
- 12. 2 Samuel 21:7 1 Sam 18:3; 20:12-17; 23:18; 2 Sam 9:1-7 ↩
- 13. 2 Samuel 21:8 2 Sam 3:7 ↩
- 14. 2 Samuel 21:8 As in some ancient versions and two Heb mss; MT Michal ↩
- 15. 2 Samuel 21:8 1 Sam 18:19 ↩
- 16. 2 Samuel 21:8 1 Kin 19:16 ↩
- 17. 2 Samuel 21:9 Or exposed them ↩
- 18. 2 Samuel 21:9 Ex 9:31, 32 ↩
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
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