David Avenges the Gibeonites

21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David (A)inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, “It is because of Saul and his [a]bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:1 Lit. house of bloodshed

The Gibeonites Avenged

21 During the reign of David, there was a famine(A) for three successive years; so David sought(B) the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

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So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but (A)of the remnant of the Amorites; the children of Israel had sworn protection to them, but Saul had sought to kill them (B)in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.

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The king summoned the Gibeonites(A) and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.)

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let seven men of his descendants be delivered (A)to us, and we will hang them before the Lord (B)in Gibeah of Saul, (C)whom the Lord chose.”

And the king said, “I will give them.

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let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed(A) before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen(B) one.”

So the king said, “I will give them to you.”

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13 (A)And he took the king’s offspring, made a covenant with him, (B)and put him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,

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13 Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty(A) with him, putting him under oath.(B) He also carried away the leading men(C) of the land,

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15 But (A)he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, (B)that they might give him horses and many people. (C)Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?

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15 But the king rebelled(A) against him by sending his envoys to Egypt(B) to get horses and a large army.(C) Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?(D)

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