Dual Panel1Now there was a famine<7458> in the days<3117> of David<1732> for three<7969> years<8141>, year<8141> after<310> year<8141>; and David<1732> sought<1245> the presence<6440> of the LORD<3068>. And the LORD<3068> said<559>, "It is for Saul<7586> and his bloody<1818> house<1004>, because<5921><834> he put<4191> the Gibeonites<1393> to death<4191>."
2So the king<4428> called<7121> the Gibeonites<1393> and spoke<559> to them (now the Gibeonites<1393> were not of the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> but of the remnant<3499> of the Amorites<567>, and the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> made<7650> a covenant<7650> with them, but Saul<7586> had sought<1245> to kill<5221> them in his zeal<7065> for the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> and Judah<3063>).
3Thus David<1732> said<559> to the Gibeonites<1393>, "What<4100> should I do<6213> for you? And how<4100> can I make<3722> atonement<3722> that you may bless<1288> the inheritance<5159> of the LORD<3068>?"
4Then the Gibeonites<1393> said<559> to him, "We have<369> no<369> concern of silver<3701> or gold<2091> with Saul<7586> or his house<1004>, nor<369> is it for us to put<4191> any<376> man<376> to death<4191> in Israel<3478>." And he said<559>, "I will do<6213> for you whatever<4100> you say<559>."
5So they said<559> to the king<4428>, "The man<376> who<834> consumed<3615> us and who<834> planned<1819> to exterminate<8045> us from remaining<3320> within any<3605> border<1366> of Israel<3478>,
6let seven<7651> men<376> from his sons<1121> be given<5414> to us, and we will hang<3363> them before the LORD<3068> in Gibeah<1390> of Saul<7586>, the chosen<972> of the LORD<3068>." And the king<4428> said<559>, "I will give<5414> them."
7But the king<4428> spared<2550> Mephibosheth<4648>, the son<1121> of Jonathan<3083> the son<1121> of Saul<7586>, because<5921> of the oath<7621> of the LORD<3068> which<834> was between<996> them, between<996> David<1732> and Saul's<7586> son<1121> Jonathan<3083>.
8So the king<4428> took<3947> the two<8147> sons<1121> of Rizpah<7532> the daughter<1323> of Aiah<345>, Armoni<764> and Mephibosheth<4648> whom<834> she had borne<3205> to Saul<7586>, and the five<2568> sons<1121> of Merab<4764> the daughter<1323> of Saul<7586>, whom<834> she had borne<3205> to Adriel<5741> the son<1121> of Barzillai<1271> the Meholathite<4259>.
9Then he gave<5414> them into the hands<3027> of the Gibeonites<1393>, and they hanged<3363> them in the mountain<2022> before<6440> the LORD<3068>, so that the seven<7651> of them fell<5307> together<3162>; and they were put<4191> to death<4191> in the first<7223> days<3117> of harvest<7105> at the beginning<8462> of barley<8184> harvest<7105>.
10And Rizpah<7532> the daughter<1323> of Aiah<345> took<3947> sackcloth<8242> and spread<5186> it for herself on the rock<6697>, from the beginning<8462> of harvest<7105> until<5704> it rained<5413> on them from the sky<8064>; and she allowed<5414> neither<3808> the birds<5775> of the sky<8064> to rest<5117> on them by day<3119> nor<3808> the beasts<2421> of the field<7704> by night<3915>.
11When it was told<5046> David<1732> what<834> Rizpah<7532> the daughter<1323> of Aiah<345>, the concubine<6370> of Saul<7586>, had done<6213>,
12then David<1732> went<1980> and took<3947> the bones<6106> of Saul<7586> and the bones<6106> of Jonathan<3083> his son<1121> from the men<1167> of Jabesh-gilead<3003><1568>, who<834> had stolen<1589> them from the open<7339> square<7339> of Beth-shan<1052>, where<834><8033> the Philistines<6430> had hanged<8518> them on the day<3117> the Philistines<6430> struck<5221> down<5221> Saul<7586> in Gilboa<1533>.
13He brought<5927> up the bones<6106> of Saul<7586> and the bones<6106> of Jonathan<3083> his son<1121> from there<8033>, and they gathered<622> the bones<6106> of those who had been hanged<3363>.
14They buried<6912> the bones<6106> of Saul<7586> and Jonathan<3083> his son<1121> in the country<776> of Benjamin<1144> in Zela<6762>, in the grave<6913> of Kish<7027> his father<1>; thus they did<6213> all<3605> that the king<4428> commanded<6680>, and after<310> that God<430> was moved<6279> by prayer<6279> for the land<776>.
15Now when the Philistines<6430> were at war<4421> again<5750> with Israel<3478>, David<1732> went<3381> down<3381> and his servants<5650> with him; and as they fought<3898> against<854> the Philistines<6430>, David<1732> became<5888> weary<5888>.
16Then Ishbi-benob<3430>, who<834> was among the descendants<3211> of the giant<7498>, the weight<4948> of whose spear<7013> was three<7969> hundred<3967> shekels of bronze<5178> in weight<4948>, was girded<2296> with a new<2319> sword, and he intended<559> to kill<5221> David<1732>.
17But Abishai<52> the son<1121> of Zeruiah<6870> helped<5826> him, and struck<5221> the Philistine<6430> and killed<4191> him. Then<227> the men<376> of David<1732> swore<7650> to him, saying<559>, "You shall not go<3318> out again<5750> with us to battle<4421>, so<3808> that you do not extinguish<3518> the lamp<5216> of Israel<3478>."
18Now it came<1961> about after<310> this<3651> that there was war<4421> again<5750> with the Philistines<6430> at Gob<1359>; then<227> Sibbecai<5444> the Hushathite<2843> struck<5221> down<5221> Saph<5593>, who<834> was among the descendants<3211> of the giant<7498>.
19There was war<4421> with the Philistines<6430> again<5750> at Gob<1359>, and Elhanan<445> the son<1121> of Jaare-oregim<3296> the Bethlehemite<1022> killed<5221> Goliath<1555> the Gittite<1663>, the shaft<6086> of whose spear<2595> was like a weaver's<707> beam<4500>.
20There was war<4421> at Gath<1661> again<5750>, where there was a man<376> of great stature<4055> who had six<8337> fingers<676> on each hand<3027> and six<8337> toes<676> on each foot<7272>, twenty-four<6242><702> in number<4557>; and he also<1571> had been born<3205> to the giant<7498>.
21When he defied<2778> Israel<3478>, Jonathan<3083> the son<1121> of Shimei<8096>, David's<1732> brother<251>, struck<5221> him down<5221>.
22These<428> four<702> were born<3205> to the giant<7498> in Gath<1661>, and they fell<5307> by the hand<3027> of David<1732> and by the hand<3027> of his servants<5650>.