2Samuel:21

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* And there was a famine in the days of David three years , year after year . And David inquired of the LORD . And the LORD answered , For Saul , and for [his ] bloody house , because he killed the Gibeonites . * And the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them . And the Gibeonites [were ] not of the sons of Israel , but of the remnant of the Amorites . And the sons of Israel had sworn to them . And Saul sought to kill them in his zeal to the sons of Israel and Judah . * And David said to the Gibeonites , What shall I do for you ? And with what shall I atone for this , so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD ? * And the Gibeonites said to him , We will have no silver nor gold from Saul , nor from his house . Also , we will have no man in Israel put to death . And he said , What you shall say , I will do for you . * And they answered the king , The man who destroyed us , and who devised against us , that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel , * let seven men of his sons be delivered to us , and we will hang them up to the Lord in Gibeah of Saul , the chosen of the LORD . And the king said , I will give [them ]. * But the king spared Mephibosheth , the son of Jonathan the son of Saul , because of the LORD 's oath that [was ] between them , between David and Jonathan the son of Saul . * But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah , whom she bore to Saul , Armoni and Mephibosheth , and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul , whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite . * And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites . And they hanged them in the hill before the LORD . And they fell , seven together , and were put to death in the days of harvest , in the first [days ], in the beginning of barley harvest . * And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself upon the rock , from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven . And she did not allow either the birds of the air to rest on them by day , nor the beasts of the field by night . * And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah , the concubine of Saul , had done . * And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead , who had stolen them from the plaza of Beth-shan , where the Philistines had hanged them when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa . * And he brought the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son up from there . And they gathered the bones of those who were hanged . * And [they ] buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin in Zelah , in the tomb of his father Kish . And they did all that the king commanded . And afterward God heeded prayer for the land . * And again the Philistines warred with Israel . And David went down , and his servants with him , and fought against the Philistines . And David became faint . * And Ishbi-benob , who [was ] of the sons of the giant , the weight of whose spear [was ] three hundred shekels of bronze in weight . And he being girded with a new [sword ] thought to kill David . * But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid , and struck the Philistine , and killed him . Then the men of David swore to him , saying , You shall not go out to battle with us any more , so that you do not put out the light of Israel . * And it happened after this there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob . Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph , who [was ] of the sons of the giant . * And there was again a battle with the Philistines in Gob , where Elhanan of Bethlehem , the son of Jaare-oregim , killed one of Goliath the Gittite , the staff of whose spear [was ] like a weaver 's beam . * And there was yet again a battle in Gath . And there was a man of stature who had six fingers on each hand , and six toes on each foot , twenty-four in number . And he also was born to the giant . * And when he defied Israel , Jonathan the son of Shimeah , the brother of David , killed him . * These four were born to the giant in Gath , and fell by the hand of David , and by the hand of his servants .

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