2 Samuel 21:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶Give us seven of his descendants. We will hang^[a] these men near the place where the Lord is worshiped in Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, the Lord's chosen king.”

“I'll give them to you,” David said.

⁷^(A) David had made a promise to Jonathan with the Lord as his witness, so he spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul. ⁸^(B) But Saul and Rizpah the daughter of Aiah had two sons named Armoni and Mephibosheth. Saul's daughter Merab^[b] had five sons whose father was Adriel the son of Barzillai from Meholah.^[c] David took Rizpah's two sons and Merab's five sons and

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Footnotes

21.6 hang: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
21.8 Merab: Some Hebrew manuscripts and some manuscripts of one ancient translation. Most other manuscripts have “Michal,” Saul's daughter who was one of David's wives, but she never had any children (see 2 Samuel 6.23). According to 1 Samuel 18.19, Merab was Saul's daughter, and she married Adriel from Meholah.
21.8 Meholah: Also known as Abel-Meholah.