2 Samuel 21
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2 Samuel 21:1-6

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 becauseH413 of SaulH7586 and his bloodyH1818 houseH1004, becauseH5921H834 he putH4191 the GibeonitesH1393 toH4191 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 had 4madeH7650 aH7650 covenantH7650 with them, but SaulH7586 had soughtH1245 to 5killH5221 them in his zealH7065 for the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063). 3DavidH1732 saidH559 to the GibeonitesH1393, “WhatH4100 should I doH6213 for you? And howH4100 can I makeH3722 amendsH3722, so that you will blessH1288 6the inheritanceH5159 of the LordH3068?” 4Then the GibeonitesH1393 saidH559 to him, “7For us it is not a matter of silverH3701 or goldH2091 with SaulH7586 or his houseH1004, norH369 is it for us to putH4191 anyoneH376 toH4191 deathH4191 in IsraelH3478.” Nevertheless David saidH559, “I will doH6213 for you whateverH4100 you sayH559.” 5So they saidH559 to the kingH4428, “8The manH376 whoH834 destroyedH3615 us and whoH834 plannedH1819 9to eliminateH8045 us soH4480 thatH4480 we would notH4480 existH3320 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.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 21:1 Gen 12:10; 26:1; 42:5 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 21:1 Num 27:21 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 21:2 Josh 9:3, 15-20 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 21:2 Lit sworn to ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 21:2 Lit strike ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 21:3 1 Sam 26:19; 2 Sam 20:19 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 21:4 Num 35:31, 32 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 21:5 2 Sam 21:1 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 21:5 Lit against us that we are eliminated from ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 21:6 Or expose them ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 21:6 Num 25:4 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 21:6 1 Sam 10:24 ↩

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