Then 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} enquired{H1245}{(H8762)} of{H6440} the LORD{H3068}. And the LORD{H3068} answered{H559}{(H8799)}, It is for Saul{H7586}, and for his bloody{H1818} house{H1004}, because he slew{H4191}{(H8689)} the Gibeonites{H1393}.

And the king{H4428} called{H7121}{(H8799)} the Gibeonites{H1393}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8738)} unto them: and Saul{H7586} sought{H1245}{(H8762)} to slay{H5221}{(H8687)} them in his zeal{H7065}{(H8763)} to the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}.)

Wherefore David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the Gibeonites{H1393}, What shall I do{H6213}{(H8799)} for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement{H3722}{(H8762)}, that ye may bless{H1288}{(H8761)} the inheritance{H5159} of the LORD{H3068}?

And the Gibeonites{H1393} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, We will have no silver{H3701} nor gold{H2091} of{H5973} Saul{H7586}, nor of his house{H1004}; neither for us shalt thou kill{H4191}{(H8687)} any man{H376} in Israel{H3478}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, What ye shall say{H559}{(H8802)}, that will I do{H6213}{(H8799)} for you.

And they answered{H559}{(H8799)} the king{H4428}, The man{H376} that consumed{H3615}{(H8765)} us, and that devised{H1819}{(H8765)} against us that we should be destroyed{H8045}{(H8738)} from remaining{H3320}{(H8692)} in any of the coasts{H1366} of Israel{H3478},

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.

But the king{H4428} spared{H2550}{(H8799)} Mephibosheth{H4648}, the son{H1121} of Jonathan{H3083} the son{H1121} of Saul{H7586}, because of the LORD'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}{(H8799)} the two{H8147} sons{H1121} of Rizpah{H7532} the daughter{H1323} of Aiah{H345}, whom she bare{H3205}{(H8804)} 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 brought up{H3205}{(H8804)} for Adriel{H5741} the son{H1121} of Barzillai{H1271} the Meholathite{H4259}:

And he delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} them into the hands{H3027} of the Gibeonites{H1393}, and they hanged{H3363}{(H8686)} them in the hill{H2022} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}: and they fell{H5307}{(H8799)} all seven{H7651}{(H8675)}{H7659} together{H3162}, and were put to death{H4191}{(H8717)} in the days{H3117} of harvest{H7105}, in the first{H7223} days, in the beginning{H8462} of barley{H8184} harvest{H7105}.

And Rizpah{H7532} the daughter{H1323} of Aiah{H345} took{H3947}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242}, and spread{H5186}{(H8686)} it for her upon the rock{H6697}, from the beginning{H8462} of harvest{H7105} until water{H4325} dropped{H5413}{(H8738)} upon them out of heaven{H8064}, and suffered{H5414}{(H8804)} neither the birds{H5775} of the air{H8064} to rest{H5117}{(H8800)} on them by day{H3119}, nor the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} by night{H3915}.

And it was told{H5046}{(H8714)} David{H1732} what Rizpah{H7532} the daughter{H1323} of Aiah{H345}, the concubine{H6370} of Saul{H7586}, had done{H6213}{(H8804)}.

And David{H1732} went{H3212}{(H8799)} and took{H3947}{(H8799)} the bones{H6106} of Saul{H7586} and the bones{H6106} of Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121} from the men{H1167} of Jabeshgilead{H3003}{H1568}, which had stolen{H1589}{(H8804)} them from the street{H7339} of Bethshan{H1052}, where the Philistines{H6430} had hanged{H8511}{(H8804)}{(H8675)}{H8518}{(H8804)} them, when{H3117} the Philistines{H6430} had slain{H5221}{(H8687)} Saul{H7586} in Gilboa{H1533}:

And he brought up{H5927}{(H8686)} from thence the bones{H6106} of Saul{H7586} and the bones{H6106} of Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121}; and they gathered{H622}{(H8799)} the bones{H6106} of them that were hanged{H3363}{(H8716)}.

And the bones{H6106} of Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3083} his son{H1121} buried{H6912}{(H8799)} they in the country{H776} of Benjamin{H1144} in Zelah{H6762}, in the sepulchre{H6913} of Kish{H7027} his father{H1}: and they performed{H6213}{(H8799)} all that the king{H4428} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}. And after{H310} that God{H430} was intreated{H6279}{(H8735)} for the land{H776}.

Moreover the Philistines{H6430} had yet war{H4421} again with Israel{H3478}; and David{H1732} went down{H3381}{(H8799)}, and his servants{H5650} with him, and fought{H3898}{(H8735)} against the Philistines{H6430}: and David{H1732} waxed faint{H5774}{(H8799)}.

And Ishbibenob{H3430}, which was of the sons{H3211} of the giant{H7497}, the weight{H4948} of whose spear{H7013} weighed three{H7969} hundred{H3967} shekels of brass{H5178} in weight{H4948}, he being girded{H2296}{(H8803)} with a new{H2319} sword, thought{H559}{(H8799)} to have slain{H5221}{(H8687)} David{H1732}.

But Abishai{H52} the son{H1121} of Zeruiah{H6870} succoured{H5826}{(H8799)} him, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} the Philistine{H6430}, and killed{H4191}{(H8686)} him. Then the men{H582} of David{H1732} sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thou shalt go{H3318}{(H8799)} no more out with us to battle{H4421}, that thou quench{H3518}{(H8762)} not the light{H5216} of Israel{H3478}.

And it came to pass after this{H310}, that there was again a battle{H4421} with the Philistines{H6430} at Gob{H1359}: then Sibbechai{H5444} the Hushathite{H2843} slew{H5221}{(H8689)} Saph{H5593}, which was of the sons{H3211} of the giant{H7497}.

And there was again a battle{H4421} in Gob{H1359} with the Philistines{H6430}, where Elhanan{H445} the son{H1121} of Jaareoregim{H3296}, a Bethlehemite{H1022}, slew{H5221}{(H8686)} the brother of Goliath{H1555} the Gittite{H1663}, the staff{H6086} of whose spear{H2595} was like a weaver's{H707}{(H8802)} beam{H4500}.

And there was yet a battle{H4421} in Gath{H1661}, where was a man{H376} of great stature{H4067}{(H8675)}{H4055}, 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}{(H8795)} to the giant{H7497}.

And when he defied{H2778}{(H8762)} Israel{H3478}, Jonathan{H3083} the son{H1121} of Shimea{H8092} the brother{H251} of David{H1732} slew{H5221}{(H8686)} him.

These four{H702} were born{H3205}{(H8795)} to the giant{H7497} in Gath{H1661}, and fell{H5307}{(H8799)} by the hand{H3027} of David{H1732}, and by the hand{H3027} of his servants{H5650}.