2 Samuel 21
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2 Samuel 21:2-9

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 1the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 had 2madeH7650 aH7650 covenantH7650 with them, but SaulH7586 had soughtH1245 to 3killH5221 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 4the inheritanceH5159 of the LordH3068?” 4Then the GibeonitesH1393 saidH559 to him, “5For 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, “6The manH376 whoH834 destroyedH3615 us and whoH834 plannedH1819 7to 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 8hangH3363 them 9before the LordH3068 in GibeahH1390 of SaulH7586, 10the chosenH972 of the LordH3068.” And the kingH4428 saidH559, “I will giveH5414 them.”

7But the kingH4428 sparedH2550 11MephiboshethH4648, the sonH1121 of JonathanH3083, the sonH1121 of SaulH7586, 12becauseH5921 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 13RizpahH7532 the daughterH1323 of AiahH345, ArmoniH764 and MephiboshethH4648 whomH834 she had borneH3205 to SaulH7586, and the fiveH2568 sonsH1121 of 1415MerabH4764 the daughterH1323 of SaulH7586, whomH834 she had borneH3205 to AdrielH5741 the sonH1121 of BarzillaiH1271 the 16MeholathiteH4259. 9Then he handedH5414H3027 them over to the GibeonitesH1393, and they 17hangedH3363 them on the mountainH2022 beforeH6440 the LordH3068, so that the sevenH7651 of them fellH5307 togetherH3162; and they were putH4191 toH4191 deathH4191 in the firstH7223 daysH3117 of harvestH7105 at 18the beginningH8462 of barleyH8184 harvestH7105.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 21:2 Josh 9:3, 15-20 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 21:2 Lit sworn to ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 21:2 Lit strike ↩
  4. 4. 2 Samuel 21:3 1 Sam 26:19; 2 Sam 20:19 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Samuel 21:4 Num 35:31, 32 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Samuel 21:5 2 Sam 21:1 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Samuel 21:5 Lit against us that we are eliminated from ↩
  8. 8. 2 Samuel 21:6 Or expose them ↩
  9. 9. 2 Samuel 21:6 Num 25:4 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Samuel 21:6 1 Sam 10:24 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Samuel 21:7 2 Sam 4:4; 9:10 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Samuel 21:7 1 Sam 18:3; 20:12-17; 23:18; 2 Sam 9:1-7 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Samuel 21:8 2 Sam 3:7 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Samuel 21:8 As in some ancient versions and two Heb mss; MT Michal ↩
  15. 15. 2 Samuel 21:8 1 Sam 18:19 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Samuel 21:8 1 Kin 19:16 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Samuel 21:9 Or exposed them ↩
  18. 18. 2 Samuel 21:9 Ex 9:31, 32 ↩

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