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II Samuel
Chapter
21
1~~Then
there was a famine in the days of David three years,
year
after year {three consecutive years};
and
David inquired of Jehovah/God.
And
the Jehovah/God answered,
"It
is for Saul,
and
for his bloody house,
because
he slew the Gibeonites."
{Note: In Exodus 23:32 the Jews were told to make NO treaties with the Hivites (Gibeonites were Hivites) or their gods and Deuteronomy 20:17 they are to destroy all the Hivites utterly. But in Joshua 9, the Gibeonites tricked Joshua into making a treaty with them. He did so in error, but did not go back on his word (two wrongs do not make a right). But when King Saul killed them, that broke the treaty and now God is punishing Israel for Saul doing so.}
2-3~~And
the king {David} called the Gibeonites,
and
said unto them
(now
the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel,
but
of the remnant of the Amorites
{now we learn the Hivites were remnants of the Amorites};
and
the children of Israel had sworn unto them
and
Saul sought to slay them in his zeal
{the worst curse among believers is the stupid and zealous
believer}
to
the children of Israel and Judah.) 3~~
Wherefore
David said unto the Gibeonites,
"What
shall I do for you?
And
wherewith shall I make the atonement,
that
you all may bless the inheritance of Jehovah/God?"
{Nobility
of the Gibeonites}
4~~And
the Gibeonites said unto him,
"We
will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house.
Neither
for us shall you kill any man in Israel
{we want nothing to do with vengeance}."
And
he said, "What you all shall say, that will I do for you."
{Seven
of Saul's Sons are Killed}
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, 6~~
let
seven men of his sons be delivered unto us,
and
we will hang them up unto Jehovah/God
in
Gibeah of Saul,
whom
the Jehovah/God did choose."
And
the king said, "I will give them."
7~~But
the king {David}
spared
Mephibosheth,
the
son of Jonathan, the son of Saul,
because
of Jehovah/God's oath
that
was between them,
between
David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
{Note: In the judgment that took away half the estate from Mephibosheth, he had already been judged and could not be judged again. This protected Mephibosheth from any future actions in court.}
8-9``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 9~~
And
he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites,
and
they hanged them in the hill before Jehovah/God
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.
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.
11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12
And David went and took the bones of Saul
and
the bones of Jonathan his son
from
the men of Jabeshgilead,
who
had stolen them from the street of Bethshan,
where
the Philistines had hanged them,
when
the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa.
13
And he brought up from there the bones of Saul
and
the bones of Jonathan his son
and
they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
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 'Elohiym/Godhead was entreated for the land.
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 'was very tired'/'waxed faint'.
16
And Ishbibenob,
who
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.
17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah supported him,
and
smote the Philistine,
and
killed him.
Then
the men of David swore unto him, saying,
"You
shall go no more out with us to battle,
that
you quench not the light of Israel."
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,
who
was of the sons of the giant.
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.
20
And there was yet a battle in Gath,
where
was a man of great stature,
who
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
And when he defied Israel,
Jonathan
the son of Shimeah
the
brother of David slew him.
22
These four were born to the giant in Gath,
and
fell by the hand of David,
and
by the hand of his servants.
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