21:1 Then there was a famine 7458 in the days 3117 of David 1732 three 7969 years 8141, year 8141 after 310 year 8141; and David 1732 enquired 1245 8762 of 6440 the LORD 3068. And the LORD 3068 answered 559 8799, [It is] for Saul 7586, and for [his] bloody 1818 house 1004, because he slew 4191 8689 the Gibeonites 1393.(enquired…: Heb. sought the face, etc)

21:2 And the king 4428 called 7121 8799 the Gibeonites 1393, and said 559 8799 unto them; (now the Gibeonites 1393 [were] not of the children 1121 of Israel 3478, but of the remnant 3499 of the Amorites 567; and the children 1121 of Israel 3478 had sworn 7650 8738 unto them: and Saul 7586 sought 1245 8762 to slay 5221 8687 them in his zeal 7065 8763 to the children 1121 of Israel 3478 and Judah 3063.)

21:3 Wherefore David 1732 said 559 8799 unto the Gibeonites 1393, What shall I do 6213 8799 for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement 3722 8762, that ye may bless 1288 8761 the inheritance 5159 of the LORD 3068?

21:4 And the Gibeonites 1393 said 559 8799 unto him, We will have no silver 3701 nor gold 2091 of 5973 Saul 7586, nor of his house 1004; neither for us shalt thou kill 4191 8687 any man 376 in Israel 3478. And he said 559 8799, What ye shall say 559 8802, [that] will I do 6213 8799 for you.(We will…: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc)

21:5 And they answered 559 8799 the king 4428, The man 376 that consumed 3615 8765 us, and that devised 1819 8765 against us [that] we should be destroyed 8045 8738 from remaining 3320 8692 in any of the coasts 1366 of Israel 3478,(devised…: or, cut us off)

21:6 Let seven 7651 men 582 of his sons 1121 be delivered 5414 8714 unto us, and we will hang them up 3363 8689 unto the LORD 3068 in Gibeah 1390 of Saul 7586, [whom] the LORD 3068 did choose 972. And the king 4428 said 559 8799, I will give 5414 8799 [them].(whom…: or, chosen of the LORD)

21:7 But the king 4428 spared 2550 8799 Mephibosheth 4648, the son 1121 of Jonathan 3083 the son 1121 of Saul 7586, because of the LORD'S 3068 oath 7621 that [was] between them, between David 1732 and Jonathan 3083 the son 1121 of Saul 7586.

21:8 But the king 4428 took 3947 8799 the two 8147 sons 1121 of Rizpah 7532 the daughter 1323 of Aiah 345, whom she bare 3205 8804 unto Saul 7586, Armoni 764 and Mephibosheth 4648; and the five 2568 sons 1121 of Michal 4324 the daughter 1323 of Saul 7586, whom she brought up 3205 8804 for Adriel 5741 the son 1121 of Barzillai 1271 the Meholathite 4259:(Michal: or, Michal's sister)(brought…: Heb. bare to Adriel)

21:9 And he delivered 5414 8799 them into the hands 3027 of the Gibeonites 1393, and they hanged 3363 8686 them in the hill 2022 before 6440 the LORD 3068: and they fell 5307 8799 [all] seven 7651 8675 7659 together 3162, and were put to death 4191 8717 in the days 3117 of harvest 7105, in the first 7223 [days], in the beginning 8462 of barley 8184 harvest 7105.

21:10 And Rizpah 7532 the daughter 1323 of Aiah 345 took 3947 8799 sackcloth 8242, and spread 5186 8686 it for her upon the rock 6697, from the beginning 8462 of harvest 7105 until water 4325 dropped 5413 8738 upon them out of heaven 8064, and suffered 5414 8804 neither the birds 5775 of the air 8064 to rest 5117 8800 on them by day 3119, nor the beasts 2416 of the field 7704 by night 3915.

21:11 And it was told 5046 8714 David 1732 what Rizpah 7532 the daughter 1323 of Aiah 345, the concubine 6370 of Saul 7586, had done 6213 8804.

21:12 And David 1732 went 3212 8799 and took 3947 8799 the bones 6106 of Saul 7586 and the bones 6106 of Jonathan 3083 his son 1121 from the men 1167 of Jabeshgilead 3003 1568, which had stolen 1589 8804 them from the street 7339 of Bethshan 1052, where the Philistines 6430 had hanged 8511 8804 8675 8518 8804 them, when 3117 the Philistines 6430 had slain 5221 8687 Saul 7586 in Gilboa 1533:

21:13 And he brought up 5927 8686 from thence the bones 6106 of Saul 7586 and the bones 6106 of Jonathan 3083 his son 1121; and they gathered 622 8799 the bones 6106 of them that were hanged 3363 8716.

21:14 And the bones 6106 of Saul 7586 and Jonathan 3083 his son 1121 buried 6912 8799 they in the country 776 of Benjamin 1144 in Zelah 6762, in the sepulchre 6913 of Kish 7027 his father 1: and they performed 6213 8799 all that the king 4428 commanded 6680 8765. And after 310 that God 430 was intreated 6279 8735 for the land 776.

21:15 Moreover the Philistines 6430 had yet war 4421 again with Israel 3478; and David 1732 went down 3381 8799, and his servants 5650 with him, and fought 3898 8735 against the Philistines 6430: and David 1732 waxed faint 5774 8799.

21:16 And Ishbibenob 3430, which [was] of the sons 3211 of the giant 7497, the weight 4948 of whose spear 7013 [weighed] three 7969 hundred 3967 [shekels] of brass 5178 in weight 4948, he being girded 2296 8803 with a new 2319 [sword], thought 559 8799 to have slain 5221 8687 David 1732.(the giant: or, Rapha)(spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head)

21:17 But Abishai 52 the son 1121 of Zeruiah 6870 succoured 5826 8799 him, and smote 5221 8686 the Philistine 6430, and killed 4191 8686 him. Then the men 582 of David 1732 sware 7650 8738 unto him, saying 559 8800, Thou shalt go 3318 8799 no more out with us to battle 4421, that thou quench 3518 8762 not the light 5216 of Israel 3478.(light: Heb. candle, or, lamp)

21:18 And it came to pass after this 310, that there was again a battle 4421 with the Philistines 6430 at Gob 1359: then Sibbechai 5444 the Hushathite 2843 slew 5221 8689 Saph 5593, which [was] of the sons 3211 of the giant 7497.(the giant: or, Rapha)(Saph: or, Sippai)

21:19 And there was again a battle 4421 in Gob 1359 with the Philistines 6430, where Elhanan 445 the son 1121 of Jaareoregim 3296, a Bethlehemite 1022, slew 5221 8686 [the brother of] Goliath 1555 the Gittite 1663, the staff 6086 of whose spear 2595 [was] like a weaver's 707 8802 beam 4500.(Jaareoregim: or, Jair)

21:20 And there was yet a battle 4421 in Gath 1661, where was a man 376 of [great] stature 4067 8675 4055, that had on every hand 3027 six 8337 fingers 676, and on every foot 7272 six 8337 toes 676, four 702 and twenty 6242 in number 4557; and he also was born 3205 8795 to the giant 7497.(the giant: or, Rapha)

21:21 And when he defied 2778 8762 Israel 3478, Jonathan 3083 the son 1121 of Shimea 8092 the brother 251 of David 1732 slew 5221 8686 him.(defied: or, reproached)

21:22 These four 702 were born 3205 8795 to the giant 7497 in Gath 1661, and fell 5307 8799 by the hand 3027 of David 1732, and by the hand 3027 of his servants 5650.

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