2 Samuel 21

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1: And there wasH1961 a famineH7458 in the daysH3117 of DavidH1732 threeH7969 for years,H8141 yearH8141 afterH0310 year-H8141 and inquiredH1245 DavidH1732 -H0853 ofH6440 Yahweh.H3068 And answered,H0559 YahwehH3068 [it is] becauseH0413 of Saul,H7586 andH0413 [his] house,H1004 bloodthirstyH1818 uponH5921 thatH0834 he killedH4191 -H0853 the Gibeonites.H1393

2: So calledH7121 the kingH4428 the Gibeonites,H1393 and spokeH0559 to themH0413 and the GibeonitesH1393 notH3808 of the sonsH1121 of Israel,H3478 wereH1992 forH3588 butH0518 of the remnantH3499 of the Amorites-H0567 and the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 had sworn protectionH7650 to themH1992 but had soughtH1245 SaulH7586 to kill themH5221 in his zealH7065 for the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 and Judah.H3063

3: Therefore saidH0559 DavidH1732 toH0413 the Gibeonites,H1393 whatH4100 shall I doH6213 and with whatH4100 shall I make the atonement,H3722 that you may blessH1288 -H0853 the inheritanceH5159 of Yahweh?H3068

4: and saidH0559 the GibeonitesH1393 we will have noH0369 silverH3701 or goldH2091 fromH5973 Saul,H7586 or fromH5973 his house-H1004 and notH0369 any manH0376 shall you killH4191 in Israel.H3478 So he said,H0559 whatH4100 youH0859 say,H0559 I will doH6213

5: And they answeredH0559 untoH0413 the king,H4428 as for the manH0376 whoH0834 consumed usH3615 andH0834 plottedH1819 [that] we should be destroyedH8045 from remainingH3320 in anyH3605 of the territoriesH1366 of Israel,H3478 let be deliveredH5414 sevenH7651 menH0376 of his descendantsH1121 and we will hang themH3363 before YahwehH3068 in GibeahH1390 of Saul,H7586 chosen by.H0972 YahwehH3068 and said,H0559 the kingH4428 IH0589 will give [them].H5414

7: But sparedH2550 the kingH4428 onH5921 Mephibosheth,H4648 MephiboshethH1322 the sonH1121 of JonathanH3083 sonH1121 of Saul,H7586 becauseH5921 of the oathH7621 of YahwehH3068 that [was]H0834 between themH0996 betweenH0996 DavidH1732 andH0996 JonathanH3083 sonH1121 of Saul.H7586

8: So tookH3947 the kingH4428 -H0853 twoH8147 the sonsH1121 of RizpahH7532 the daughterH1323 of Aiah,H0345 whomH0834 she boreH3205 to Saul,H7586 -H0853 ArmoniH0764 andH0853 Mephibosheth-H4648 andH0853 fiveH2568 the sonsH1121 of MichalH4324 the daughterH1323 of Saul,H7586 whomH0834 she brought upH3205 for AdrielH5741 sonH1121 of BarzillaiH1271 the Meholathite.H4259

9: And he delivered themH5414 into the handsH3027 of the Gibeonites,H1393 and they hanged themH3363 on the hillH2022 beforeH6440 Yahweh,H3068 so they fellH5307 [all] sevenH7651 together,H3162 and theyH1992 were put to deathH4191 in the daysH3117 of harvest,H7105 in the first [days]H7223 in the beginning ofH8462 harvestH7105 barley.H8184

10: And tookH3947 RizpahH7532 the daughterH1323 of AiahH0345 -H0853 sackcloth,H8242 and spread itH5186 onH0413 the rock,H6697 from the beginningH8462 of harvestH7105 untilH5704 pouredH5413 the late rainsH4325 on themH5921 fromH4480 heaven,H8064 and notH3808 she did allowH5414 the birdsH5775 of the airH8064 to restH5117 on themH5921 by day,H3119 norH0853 the beastsH2416 of the fieldH7704 by night.H3915

11: And was toldH5046 DavidH1732 -H0853 whatH0834 had done.H6213 RizpahH7532 the daughterH1323 of Aiah,H0345 the concubineH6370 of Saul,H7586

12: and wentH1980 DavidH1732 and tookH3947 -H0853 the bonesH6106 of SaulH7586 andH0853 the bonesH6106 of JonathanH3083 his sonH1121 fromH0853 the menH1167 ofH3003 Jabesh GileadH1568 whoH0834 had stolenH1589 themH0853 from the streetH7339 Beth Shean,H1052 whereH0834 had hung them upH8518 thereH8033 the PhilistinesH6430 afterH3117 had struck downH5221 the PhilistinesH6430 -H0853 SaulH7586 in Gilboa.H1533

13: So he brought upH5927 from thereH8033 -H0853 the bonesH6106 of SaulH7586 andH0853 the bonesH6106 of JonathanH3083 his son-H1121 and they gatheredH0622 -H0853 the bonesH6106 of those who had been hanged.H3363

14: And they buriedH6912 -H0853 the bonesH6106 of SaulH7586 and JonathanH3083 his sonH1121 in the countryH0776 of BenjaminH1144 in Zelah,H6762 in the tombH6913 of KishH7027 his father-H0001 so they performedH6213 allH3605 thatH0834 commanded.H6680 The kingH4428 and heeded the prayerH6279 GodH0430 for the land.H0776 AfterH0310 that.H3651

15: And when wereH1961 againH5750 at warH4421 the PhilistinesH6430 withH0854 Israel-H3478 and went down,H3381 DavidH1732 and his servantsH5650 with himH5973 and fought againstH3898 withH0854 the Philistines,H6430 and grew faintH5774 David.H1732 Then Ishbi-benob,H3430 who [was] oneH0834 of the sonsH3211 of RaphaH7497 and the weightH4948 of whose spear [was]H7013 threeH7969 hundredH3967 [shekels],H4948 bronzeH5178 and heH1931 was bearingH2296 a new [sword]H2319 and thought heH0559 could killH5221 -H0853 David.H1732

17: But came to aidH5826 AbishaiH0052 sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870 and struckH5221 -H0853 the Philistine,H6430 and killed himH4191 thenH0227 sworeH7650 the menH0376 of DavidH1732 saying,H0559 noH3808 You shall go outH3318 moreH5750 with usH0854 to battle,H4421 and lestH3808 you quenchH3518 -H0853 the lampH5216 of Israel.H3478

18: And it came to passH1961 afterH0310 afterward,H3651 that there wasH1961 againH5750 a battleH4421 at Gob-H1359 withH5973 the PhilistinesH6430 thenH0227 killedH5221 SibbechaiH5444 the HushathiteH2843 -H0853 Saph,H5593 who [was] oneH0834 of the sonsH3211 of Rapha.H7497

19: And there wasH1961 AgainH5750 warH4421 at GobH1359 withH5973 the Philistines,H6430 and killedH5221 where ElhananH0445 sonH1121 Jaare-oregim,H3296 the Bethlehemite,H1022 -H0853 GoliathH1555 the Gittite,H1663 and the shaftH6086 of whose spearH2595 [was] like a beamH4500 of weaver.H0707

20: And yet there wasH1961 againH5750 warH4421 at Gath,H1661 and where there wasH1961 a manH0376 [great] statureH4067 and fingers on,H0676 each handH3027 and toes on,H0676 each footH7272 [who had] sixH8337 and sixH8337 twentyH6242 and fourH0702 in number-H4557 and alsoH1571 heH1931 was bornH3205 from Rapha.H7497

21: So when he defiedH2778 -H0853 Israel,H3478 and killed himH5221 JonathanH3083 the sonH1121 ShimeahH8096 brotherH0251 of David.H1732

22: -H0853 FourH0702 theseH0428 were bornH3205 of RaphaH7497 in Gath,H1661 and fellH5307 by the handH3027 of David,H1732 and by the handH3027 of his servants.H5650