2Samuel:21:1-9

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* Then there was a famine in the days of David three years , year after year ; and David enquired of the LORD . And the LORD answered , It is for Saul Sha #uwl #, and for his bloody house , because he slew the Gibeonites Gib #oniy #. * And the king called the Gibeonites Gib #oniy #, and said unto them ; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel Yisra #el #, but of the remnant of the Amorites ; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them : and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah . ) * Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites Gib #oniy #, What shall I do for you ? and wherewith shall I make the atonement , that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD ? * And the Gibeonites said unto him , We will have no silver nor gold of Saul Sha #uwl #, nor of his house ; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel Yisra #el #. And he said , What ye shall say , that will I do for you . * And they answered the king , The man that consumed us , and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel Yisra #el #, * Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us , and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul Sha #uwl #, whom the LORD did choose . And the king said , I will give them . * But the king spared Mephibosheth , the son of Jonathan the son of Saul Sha #uwl #, because of the LORDS oath that was between them , between David and Jonathan the son of Saul Sha #uwl #. * But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah , whom she bare unto Saul Sha #uwl #, Armoni and Mephibosheth ; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul Sha #uwl #, whom she brought up for Adriel #Adriy #el # the son of Barzillai the Meholathite : * And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites Gib #oniy #, 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 .

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