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

7The king spared Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth, who was Saul’s grandson, because of the oath David and Jonathan had sworn before the Lord. 8But he gave them Saul’s two sons Armoni and Mephibosheth, whose mother was Rizpah daughter of Aiah. He also gave them the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab, the wife of Adriel son of Barzillai from Meholah. The men of Gibeon executed them on the mountain before the Lord. So all seven of them died together at the beginning of the barley harvest. 10Then Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the mother of two of the men, spread burlap on a rock and stayed there the entire harvest season. She prevented the scavenger birds from tearing at their bodies during the day and stopped wild animals from eating them at night. 11When David learned what Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he deliveredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• them into the handsיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of the Gibeonitesגִּבְעֹנִיgib‛ônîy · GibeoniteH1393
• and they hangedיָקַעyâqa‛ · to dislocate/hangH3363
• them in the hillהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and they fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• sevenשִׁבְעָתַיִםshib‛âthayim · sevenfoldH7659
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• and were put to deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• in the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• in the beginningתְּחִלָּהtechillâh · beginningH8462
• of barleyשְׂעֹרָהώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôr ώe‛ôr · barleyH8184

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 21:9

• 2 Samuel 20:6Then David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is going to hurt us more than Absalom did. Quick, take my troops and chase after him before he gets into a fortified town where we can’t reach him.”
• 2 Samuel 6:17They brought the Ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings to the Lord.
• Exodus 20:5You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.
• Numbers 35:31Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.
• Deuteronomy 21:1“When you are in the land the Lord your God is giving you, someone may be found murdered in a field, and you don’t know who committed the murder.
• 1 Samuel 15:33But Samuel said, “As your sword has killed the sons of many mothers, now your mother will be childless.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
• 2 Kings 24:3These disasters happened to Judah because of the Lord’s command. He had decided to banish Judah from his presence because of the many sins of Manasseh,
• Ruth 1:22So Naomi returned from Moab, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Ruth, the young Moabite woman. They arrived in Bethlehem in late spring, at the beginning of the 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