And there was a famine{H7458} in the days{H3117} of David{H1732} three{H7969} years,{H8141} year{H8141} after{H310} year;{H8141} and David{H1732} sought{H1245} the face of{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068} And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} It is for Saul,{H7586} and for his bloody{H1818} house,{H1004} because he put to death{H4191} the Gibeonites.{H1393}

And the king{H4428} called{H7121} the Gibeonites,{H1393} and said{H559} unto them (now the Gibeonites{H1393} were not of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} but of the remnant{H3499} of the Amorites;{H567} and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sworn{H7650} unto them: and Saul{H7586} sought{H1245} to slay{H5221} them in his zeal{H7065} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and Judah);{H3063}

and David{H1732} said{H559} unto the Gibeonites,{H1393} What shall I do{H6213} for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement,{H3722} that ye may bless{H1288} the inheritance{H5159} of Jehovah?{H3068}

And the Gibeonites{H1393} said{H559} unto him, It is no matter of{H5973} silver{H3701} or gold{H2091} between us and Saul,{H7586} or his house;{H1004} neither is it for us to put any man{H376} to death{H4191} in Israel.{H3478} And he said,{H559} What ye shall say,{H559} that will I do{H6213} for you.

And they said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} The man{H376} that consumed{H3615} us, and that devised{H1819} against us, [that] we should be destroyed{H8045} from remaining{H3320} in any of the borders{H1366} of Israel,{H3478}

let seven{H7651} men{H582} of his sons{H1121} be delivered{H5414} unto us, and we will hang them up{H3363} unto Jehovah{H3068} in Gibeah{H1390} of Saul,{H7586} the chosen{H972} of Jehovah.{H3068} And the king{H4428} said,{H559} I will give{H5414} them.

But the king{H4428} spared{H2550} Mephibosheth,{H4648} the son{H1121} of Jonathan{H3083} the son{H1121} of Saul,{H7586} because of Jehovah's{H3068} oath{H7621} that was between them, between David{H1732} and Jonathan{H3083} the son{H1121} of Saul.{H7586}

But the king{H4428} took{H3947} the two{H8147} sons{H1121} of Rizpah{H7532} the daughter{H1323} of Aiah,{H345} whom she bare{H3205} unto Saul,{H7586} Armoni{H764} and Mephibosheth;{H4648} and the five{H2568} sons{H1121} of Michal{H4324} the daughter{H1323} of Saul,{H7586} whom she bare{H3205} to Adriel{H5741} the son{H1121} of Barzillai{H1271} the Meholathite:{H4259}

And he delivered{H5414} them into the hands{H3027} of the Gibeonites,{H1393} and they hanged{H3363} them in the mountain{H2022} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and they fell{H5307} [all] seven{H7651} together.{H3162} And they were put to death{H4191} in the days{H3117} of harvest,{H7105} in the first{H7223} days, at the beginning{H8462} of barley{H8184} harvest.{H7105}

And Rizpah{H7532} the daughter{H1323} of Aiah{H345} took{H3947} sackcloth,{H8242} and spread{H5186} it for her upon the rock,{H6697} from the beginning{H8462} of harvest{H7105} until water{H4325} was poured{H5413} upon them from heaven;{H8064} and she suffered{H5414} neither the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} to rest{H5117} on them by day,{H3119} nor the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} by night.{H3915}

And it was told{H5046} David{H1732} what Rizpah{H7532} the daughter{H1323} of Aiah,{H345} the concubine{H6370} of Saul,{H7586} had done.{H6213}

And David{H1732} went{H3212} and took{H3947} the bones{H6106} of Saul{H7586} and the bones{H6106} of Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121} from the men{H1167} of Jabesh-gilead,{H3003} who had stolen{H1589} them from the street{H7339} of Beth-shan,{H1052} where the Philistines{H6430} had hanged{H8511} them, in the day{H3117} that the Philistines{H6430} slew{H5221} Saul{H7586} in Gilboa;{H1533}

and he brought up{H5927} from thence the bones{H6106} of Saul{H7586} and the bones{H6106} of Jonathan{H3083} his son:{H1121} and they gathered{H622} the bones{H6106} of them that were hanged.{H3363}

And they buried{H6912} the bones{H6106} of Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121} in the country{H776} of Benjamin{H1144} in Zela,{H6762} in the sepulchre{H6913} of Kish{H7027} his father:{H1} and they performed{H6213} all that the king{H4428} commanded.{H6680} And after{H310} that God{H430} was entreated{H6279} for the land.{H776}

And the Philistines{H6430} had war{H4421} again with Israel;{H3478} and David{H1732} went down,{H3381} and his servants{H5650} with him, and fought{H3898} against the Philistines.{H6430} And David{H1732} waxed faint;{H5774}

and Ishbibenob,{H3430} who was of the sons{H3211} of the giant,{H7497} the weight{H4948} of whose spear{H7013} was three{H7969} hundred{H3967} [shekels] of brass{H5178} in weight,{H4948} he being girded{H2296} with a new{H2319} [sword], thought{H559} to have slain{H5221} David.{H1732}

But Abishai{H52} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} succored{H5826} him, and smote{H5221} the Philistine,{H6430} and killed{H4191} him. Then the men{H582} of David{H1732} sware{H7650} unto him, saying,{H559} Thou shalt go{H3318} no more out with us to battle,{H4421} that thou quench{H3518} not the lamp{H5216} of Israel.{H3478}

And it came to pass after this,{H310} that there was again war{H4421} with the Philistines{H6430} at Gob:{H1359} then Sibbecai{H5444} the Hushathite{H2843} slew{H5221} Saph,{H5593} who was of the sons{H3211} of the giant.{H7497}

And there was again war{H4421} with the Philistines{H6430} at Gob;{H1359} and Elhanan{H445} the son{H1121} of Jaareoregim{H3296} the Beth-lehemite{H1022} slew{H5221} Goliath{H1555} the Gittite,{H1663} the staff{H6086} of whose spear{H2595} was like a weaver's{H707} beam.{H4500}

And there was again war{H4421} at Gath,{H1661} where was a man{H376} of great stature,{H4067} that had on every hand{H3027} six{H8337} fingers,{H676} and on every foot{H7272} six{H8337} toes,{H676} four{H702} and twenty{H6242} in number;{H4557} and he also was born{H3205} to the giant.{H7497}

And when he defied{H2778} Israel,{H3478} Jonathan{H3083} the son{H1121} of Shimei,{H8092} David's{H1732} brother,{H251} slew{H5221} him.

These four{H702} were born{H3205} to the giant{H7497} in Gath;{H1661} and they fell{H5307} by the hand{H3027} of David,{H1732} and by the hand{H3027} of his servants.{H5650}