2 Samuel 21:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let seven of his descendants be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose. And the king said, I will give them.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us to be executed before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lord’s chosen one." The king said, "I will give them to you."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Let seven{H7651} men{H582} of his sons{H1121} be delivered{H5414}{(H8714)} unto us, and we will hang them up{H3363}{(H8689)} unto the LORD{H3068} in Gibeah{H1390} of Saul{H7586}, whom the LORD{H3068} did choose{H972}. And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Let there be geuen vs seuen men of his sonnes, that we maye hange them vp vnto the LORDE at Gibea of Saul the chosen of the LORDE. The kynge sayde: I wyll geue them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Let seuen men of his sonnes be deliuered vnto vs, and we will hang them vp vnto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lordes chosen; the King said, I will giue them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Let seuen men of his sonnes be deliuered vnto vs, & we will hang them vp vnto the Lorde in Gibeah of Saul whom ye Lord did choose. And the king saide: I will geue them you.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, [whom] the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give [them].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh. The king said, I will give them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before Jehovah, in the height of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah.' And the king saith, `I do give;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let seven men of his family be given up to us and we will put an end to them by hanging them before the Lord in Gibeon, on the hill of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh." The king said, "I will give them."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, who was the LORD’s chosen one.” The king replied,“I will turn them over.”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 10:24 : 24 And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.
  • 1 Sam 10:26 : 26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
  • 1 Sam 11:4 : 4 Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the ears of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.
  • Num 25:4-5 : 4 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before the LORD in the sunlight, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 5 And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay each of his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.
  • Deut 21:22 : 22 And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
  • Josh 8:29 : 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening; and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones, that remains to this day.
  • Josh 10:26 : 26 And afterward Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging on the trees until evening.
  • 1 Sam 9:16-17 : 16 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people from the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me. 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man who I spoke to you of! this same shall reign over my people.
  • 1 Sam 10:1 : 1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed you to be captain over His inheritance?
  • Gen 40:19 : 19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.
  • Gen 40:22 : 22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
  • 2 Sam 18:10 : 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
  • Ezra 6:11 : 11 Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house and set up, let him be hanged upon it, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
  • Esth 9:10 : 10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, they killed; but on the spoil they did not lay their hands.
  • Esth 9:13-14 : 13 Then said Esther, If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. 14 And the king commanded it to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
  • Acts 13:21 : 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

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    7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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  • 2 Sam 21:1-5
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    1 In the days of David, there was a famine for three years, year after year, and David sought the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he killed the Gibeonites.

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

    3 Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

    4 And the Gibeonites said to him, We will have no silver or gold from Saul or his house, neither shall you kill any man in Israel for us. And he said, Whatever you say, that will I do for you.

    5 And they answered the king, The man who consumed us and plotted against us to destroy us from remaining in any territory of Israel,

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    7 Then Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds;

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    13 Now therefore deliver up the men, the worthless fellows, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and remove evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not listen to their brothers, the children of Israel.

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  • 1 Chr 10:11-12
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    11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

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  • 1 Sam 14:40-42
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    40 He said to all Israel, "You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." The people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."

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  • 1 Sam 31:11-12
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    7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territories of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, "Whosoever does not come after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

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  • 1 Sam 31:8-9
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    8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

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  • Acts 13:21
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  • 1 Sam 8:11
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  • 1 Sam 22:16-17
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    16 And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.

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