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2 Samuel 21

Gibeonite Revenge

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Now there was  aa famineh7458 in the daysh3117 of Davidh1732 for threeh7969 yearsh8141, yearh8141 afterh310 yearh8141; and  bDavidh1732 soughth1245 the presenceh6440 of the LORDh3068. And the LORDh3068 saidh559, "It is for Saulh7586 and his bloodyh1818 househ1004, becauseh5921h834 he puth4191 the Gibeonitesh1393 to deathh4191."

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So the kingh4428 calledh7121 the Gibeonitesh1393 and spokeh559 to them (now the Gibeonitesh1393 were not of the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478 but of the remnanth3499a of the Amoritesh567, and  athe sonsh1121 of Israelh3478  1madeh7650 a covenanth7650 with them, but Saulh7586 had soughth1245 to  2killh5221 them in his zealh7065 for the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478 and Judahh3063).

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Thus Davidh1732 saidh559 to the Gibeonitesh1393, "Whath4100 should I doh6213a for you? And howh4100 can I makeh3722a atonementh3722a that you may blessh1288  athe inheritanceh5159 of the LORDh3068?"

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Then the Gibeonitesh1393 saidh559 to him, " aWe haveh369 noh369 concern of silverh3701 or goldh2091 with Saulh7586 or his househ1004, norh369 is it for us to puth4191 anyh376 manh376 to deathh4191 in Israelh3478." And he saidh559, "I will doh6213a for you whateverh4100 you sayh559."

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So they saidh559 to the kingh4428, " aThe manh376 whoh834 consumedh3615 us and whoh834 plannedh1819  1to exterminateh8045 us from remainingh3320 within anyh3605 borderh1366 of Israelh3478,

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let sevenh7651 menh376 from his sonsh1121 be givenh5414 to us, and we will  1hangh3363 them  abefore the LORDh3068 in Gibeahh1390 of Saulh7586,  bthe chosenh972 of the LORDh3068." And the kingh4428 saidh559, "I will giveh5414 them."

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But the kingh4428 sparedh2550  aMephiboshethh4648, the sonh1121 of Jonathanh3083 the sonh1121 of Saulh7586,  bbecauseh5921 of the oathh7621 of the LORDh3068 whichh834 was betweenh996 them, betweenh996 Davidh1732 and Saul'sh7586 sonh1121 Jonathanh3083.

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So the kingh4428 tookh3947 the twoh8147 sonsh1121 of  aRizpahh7532 the daughterh1323 of Aiahh345, Armonih764 and Mephiboshethh4648 whomh834 she had borneh3205 to Saulh7586, and the fiveh2568 sonsh1121 of  1 bMerabh4764 the daughterh1323 of Saulh7586, whomh834 she had borneh3205 to Adrielh5741 the sonh1121 of Barzillaih1271 the  cMeholathiteh4259.

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Then he gaveh5414 them into the handsh3027 of the Gibeonitesh1393, and they  1hangedh3363 them in the mountainh2022 beforeh6440 the LORDh3068, so that the sevenh7651 of them fellh5307 togetherh3162; and they were puth4191 to deathh4191 in the firsth7223 daysh3117 of harvesth7105a at  athe beginningh8462 of barleyh8184 harvesth7105a.

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 aAnd Rizpahh7532 the daughterh1323 of Aiahh345 tookh3947 sackclothh8242 and spreadh5186 it for herself on the rockh6697, from the beginningh8462 of harvesth7105a untilh5704  1it rainedh5413 on them from the skyh8064; and  bshe  2allowedh5414 neitherh3808 the birdsh5775 of the skyh8064 to resth5117 on them by dayh3119 norh3808 the beastsh2421b of the fieldh7704 by nighth3915.

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When it was toldh5046 Davidh1732 whath834 Rizpahh7532 the daughterh1323 of Aiahh345, the concubineh6370 of Saulh7586, had doneh6213a,

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then Davidh1732 wenth1980 and tookh3947  athe bonesh6106 of Saulh7586 and the bonesh6106 of Jonathanh3083 his sonh1121 from the menh1167 of Jabesh-gileadh3003h1568, whoh834 had stolenh1589 them from the openh7339 squareh7339 of  bBeth-shanh1052,  cwhereh834h8033 the Philistinesh6430 had hangedh8518 them on the dayh3117  dthe Philistinesh6430 struckh5221 downh5221 Saulh7586 in Gilboah1533.

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He broughth5927 up the bonesh6106 of Saulh7586 and the bonesh6106 of Jonathanh3083 his sonh1121 from thereh8033, and they gatheredh622 the bonesh6106 of those who had been  1hangedh3363.

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They buriedh6912 the bonesh6106 of Saulh7586 and Jonathanh3083 his sonh1121 in the countryh776 of Benjaminh1144 in  aZelah6762, in the graveh6913 of Kishh7027 his fatherh1; thus they didh6213a allh3605 that the kingh4428 commandedh6680, and afterh310 that  bGodh430 was movedh6279 by prayerh6279 for the landh776.

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Now when  athe Philistinesh6430 were at warh4421 againh5750 with Israelh3478, Davidh1732 wenth3381 downh3381 and his servantsh5650 with him; and as they foughth3898a againsth854 the Philistinesh6430, Davidh1732 becameh5888 wearyh5888.

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Then Ishbi-benobh3430, whoh834 was  aamong the descendantsh3211 of the  1gianth7498b, the weighth4948 of whose spearh7013 was threeh7969 hundredh3967 shekels of bronzeh5178 in weighth4948,  2was girdedh2296 with a newh2319 sword, and he  3intendedh559 to killh5221 Davidh1732.

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But  aAbishaih52 the sonh1121 of Zeruiahh6870 helpedh5826 him, and struckh5221 the Philistineh6430 and killedh4191 him. Thenh227 the menh376 of Davidh1732 sworeh7650 to him, sayingh559, " bYou shall not goh3318 out againh5750 with us to battleh4421, soh3808 that you do not extinguishh3518  cthe lamph5216 of Israelh3478."

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 aNow it cameh1961 about afterh310 thish3651 that there was warh4421 againh5750 with the Philistinesh6430 at Gobh1359; thenh227  bSibbecaih5444 the Hushathiteh2843 struckh5221 downh5221 Saphh5593, whoh834 was among the descendantsh3211 of the  1gianth7498b.

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There was warh4421 with the Philistinesh6430 againh5750 at Gobh1359, and Elhananh445 the sonh1121 of Jaare-oregimh3296 the Bethlehemiteh1022  1killedh5221  2Goliathh1555 the Gittiteh1663,  athe shafth6086 of whose spearh2595 was like a weaver'sh707 beamh4500.

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There was warh4421 at Gathh1661 againh5750, where there was a manh376 of great statureh4055 who had sixh8337a fingersh676 on each handh3027 and sixh8337a toesh676 on each footh7272, twenty-fourh6242h702 in numberh4557; and he alsoh1571 had been bornh3205  ato the  1gianth7498b.

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When he defiedh2778a Israelh3478, Jonathanh3083 the sonh1121 of Shimeih8096, David'sh1732 brotherh251, struckh5221 him downh5221.

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 aTheseh428 fourh702 were bornh3205 to the  1gianth7498b in Gathh1661, and they fellh5307 by the handh3027 of Davidh1732 and by the handh3027 of his servantsh5650.



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