But the king had compassion on Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the (A)Lord’s oath, that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, even Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of [a]Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

And he delivered them unto the hands of the Gibeonites, which hanged them in the mountain before the Lord: so they [b]died all seven together: and they were slain in the time of harvest: in the [c]first days, and in the beginning of barley harvest.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:8 Here Michal is named for Merab, Adriel’s wife, as appeareth, 1 Sam. 18:19, for Michal was the wife of Paltiel, 1 Sam. 25:44, and never had child, 2 Sam. 6:23.
  2. 2 Samuel 21:9 Hebrew, fell.
  3. 2 Samuel 21:9 Which was in the month Abib or Nisan, which contained part of March and part of April.

The king spared Mephibosheth(A) son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath(B) before the Lord between David and Jonathan son of Saul. But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah,(C) whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab,[a] whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.(D) He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed their bodies on a hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death(E) during the first days of the harvest, just as the barley harvest was beginning.(F)

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts Michal