21:1 And there was a famine in the days of
David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yehovah.
And Yehovah said, [There is] guilt upon Saul and his house because of his
bloody murder, whereby he slew the Gabaonites.
21:2 And King David called the Gabaonites, and said to them;-- (now the
Gabaonites are not the children of Israel, but [are] of the remnant of the
Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to
smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)
21:3 And David said to the Gabaonites, What shall I do to you? and
wherewithal shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the
Lord?
21:4 And the Gabaonites said to him, We have no [question about] silver or
gold with Saul and with his house; and there is no man for us to put to
death in Israel.
21:5 And he said, What say ye? speak, and I will do it for you. And they
said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted
us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so
that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel.
21:6 Let one give us seven men of his sons, and let us hang them up in the
sun to Yehovah in Gabaon of Saul, as chosen out for Yehovah. And the king
said, I will give [them].
21:7 But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul,
because of the oath of Yehovah that was between them, even between David
and Jonathan the son of Saul.
21:8 And the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she
bore to Saul, Hermonoi and Memphibosthe, and the five sons of Michol
daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Esdriel son of Berzelli the Moulathite.
21:9 And he gave them into the hand of the Gabaonites, and they hanged them
up to the sun in the mountain before the lord: and they fell, even the seven
together: moreover they were put to death in the days of harvest at the
commencement, in the beginning of barley-harvest.
21:10 And Respha the daughter of Aia took sackcloth, and fixed it for
herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped
upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest
upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
21:11 And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of
Saul had done, [[and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the
offspring of the giants overtook them.]]
21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan
his son, from the men of the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the
street of Baethsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which
the Philistines smote Saul in Gelbue.
21:13 And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan
his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged.
21:14 And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son,
and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the
hill, in the sepulchre of Cis his father; and they did all things that the
king commanded: and after this Elohim hearkened to [the prayers of] the land.
21:15 And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David
went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines,
and David went.
21:16 And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose
spear [was] three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girt with
a club, even he thought to smite David.
21:17 And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and smote the Philistine, and
slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go
out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel.
21:18 And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth:
then Sebocha the Astatothite slew Seph of the progeny of Rapha.
21:19 And there was a battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of
Ariorgim the Bethleemite slew Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his
spear [was] as a weaver's beam.
21:20 And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was a man of stature,
and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet [were] six on each,
four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha.
21:21 And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David,
smote him.
21:22 These four were born descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of
Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. |
21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of
David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Yehovah. And the
Yehovah answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the
Gibeonites.
21:2 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.)
21:3 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
Yehovah?
21:4 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.
21:5 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,
21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them
up unto Yehovah in Gibeah of Saul, whom Yehovah did choose. And the king
said, I will give them.
21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul,
because of Yehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan
the son of Saul.
21:8 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:
21:9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged
them in the hill before Yehovah: 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.
21:10 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.
21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine
of Saul, had done.
21:12 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:
21:13 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.
21:14 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 Elohim was intreated for
the land.
21:15 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.
21:16 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.
21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored 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.
21:18 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.
21:19 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.
21:20 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.
21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of
David slew him.
21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants. |