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
, and for his bloody
house
, because he slew
the Gibeonites
.
And the king called
the Gibeonites
, and said
unto them; (now the Gibeonites
were not of the children
of Israel
, 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
, 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
, nor of his house
; neither for us shalt thou kill
any man
in Israel
. 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
,
Let seven men
of his sons
be delivered
unto us, and we will hang them up
unto the LORD
in Gibeah
of Saul
, 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
, 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 bare
unto Saul
, Armoni
and Mephibosheth
; and the five
sons
of Michal
the daughter
of Saul
, whom she brought up
for 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
all 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 her upon the rock
, from the beginning
of harvest
until water
dropped
upon them out of heaven
, and suffered
neither 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 Jabeshgilead
, which had stolen
them from the street
of Bethshan
, where the Philistines
had hanged
them, when
the Philistines
had slain
Saul
in Gilboa
:
And he brought up from thence the bones
of Saul
and the bones
of Jonathan
his son
; and they gathered
the bones
of them that were hanged
.
And the bones of Saul
and Jonathan
his son
buried
they in the country
of Benjamin
in Zelah
, in the sepulchre
of Kish
his father
: and they performed
all that the king
commanded
. And after
that God
was intreated
for the land
.
Moreover the Philistines had yet war
again with Israel
; and David
went down
, and his servants
with him, and fought
against the Philistines
: and David
waxed faint
.
And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons
of the giant
, the weight
of whose spear
weighed three
hundred
shekels of brass
in weight
, he being girded
with a new
sword , thought
to have slain
David
.
But Abishai the son
of Zeruiah
succoured
him, and smote
the Philistine
, and killed
him. Then the men
of David
sware
unto him, saying
, Thou shalt go
no more out with us to battle
, that thou quench
not the light
of Israel
.
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle
with the Philistines
at Gob
: then Sibbechai
the Hushathite
slew
Saph
, which was of the sons
of the giant
.
And there was again a battle in Gob
with the Philistines
, where Elhanan
the son
of Jaareoregim
, a Bethlehemite
, slew
the brother of Goliath
the Gittite
, the staff
of whose spear
was like a weaver's
beam
.
And there was yet a battle in Gath
, where was a man
of great stature
, that had on every hand
six
fingers
, and on every foot
six
toes
, four
and twenty
in number
; and he also was born
to the giant
.
And when he defied Israel
, Jonathan
the son
of Shimea
the brother
of David
slew
him.
These four were born
to the giant
in Gath
, and fell
by the hand
of David
, and by the hand
of his servants
.