Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
During
the
reign
of
David
there was
a famine for
three successive
years, and David sought
the face of the
LORD.
And the
LORD
said
, “It
is
because
of
the
blood
shed
by
Saul and his
family
, because he killed
the Gibeonites. ”
And
there is
a famine in
the
days
of
David
three years, year
after
year,
and David seeketh
the face of Jehovah,
and Jehovah
saith
, `For
Saul and for
the
bloody
house
, because that
he put
to
death
the Gibeonites. '
At
this,
David
summoned
the Gibeonites and spoke
to
them .
(Now
the Gibeonites were
not Israelites
, but a
remnant of the Amorites.
The Israelites
had taken
an
oath
concerning
them, but
in his zeal for Israel and Judah ,
Saul
had
sought
to
kill
them.)
And
the king
calleth
for
the
Gibeonites ,
and saith
unto
them --
as
to
the Gibeonites ,
they
`are'
not of
the
sons
of
Israel
, but of
the
remnant of the Amorite,
and
the sons
of
Israel
had sworn
to
them, and
Saul
seeketh
to
smite
them
in his zeal for the
sons
of
Israel and Judah --
So
David asked
the Gibeonites, “
What shall
I do for you? How
can
I make amends
so
that
you
may
bless the inheritance of the
LORD?”
yea,
David saith
unto
the Gibeonites, `
What do
I do for you? and
with
what
do
I make atonement?
and
bless ye
the inheritance of Jehovah.'
The Gibeonites said
to him, “
We need
no silver or
gold from
Saul or
his house, nor
should
you
put to death anyone
in Israel for
us.”
“Whatever
you
ask
, I will
do for
you ,”
he
replied
.
And
the Gibeonites say
to him, `
We have
no silver and
gold by
Saul and
by
his house, and
we
have
no
man
to
put to death in Israel ;'
and
he
saith
, `What
ye
are
saying
I do to
you. '
And they answered
the king, “As
for
the man who consumed us and plotted
against us to
exterminate
us
from existing
within
any
border of Israel ,
And they say
unto
the king, `
The man who consumed us ,
and who
devised
against us --
we
have
been
destroyed
from stationing
ourselves
in
all
the
border of Israel --
let seven
of
his
male
descendants
be delivered
to us so
that
we may
hang
them before the LORD
at
Gibeah
of Saul, the chosen of the
LORD
. ”
“I
will
give
them
to
you,”
said
the king .
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;'
Now
the king spared
Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the
son of Saul, because of the oath before
the
LORD
between David and Jonathan son of Saul .
and
the king hath
pity
on
Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of
Jehovah
that
`is'
between them,
between
David and Jonathan son of Saul ;
But
the king took
Armoni
and
Mephibosheth,
the two sons whom
Rizpah daughter of Aiah had
borne
to Saul, as
well
as
the five sons whom
Merab
daughter of Saul had
borne
to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite .
and
the king taketh
the two sons of
Rizpah daughter of Aiah ,
whom
she
bore
to Saul, Armoni
and
Mephibosheth,
and
the five sons of
Michal
daughter of Saul whom
she
bare
to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite ,
And he
delivered
them into the hands
of the Gibeonites, and they hanged
them on
the hill before the LORD.
So
all
seven of
them
fell
together ;
they were
put to death in the first
days of the
harvest, at
the beginning
of
the barley harvest.
and giveth
them into the hand
of the Gibeonites, and they hang
them in
the hill before Jehovah;
and
the seven fall
together ,
and
they have
been
put to death in the days of harvest, in
the first
`days',
the commencement
of
barley -
harvest.
And Rizpah the
daughter of Aiah took
sackcloth and spread
it out for herself on a
rock .
From the beginning
of the
harvest until
the
rain
from
heaven
poured down
on
the bodies
, she
did
not allow
the
birds
of the air
to rest on
them by day, nor
the beasts
of the field by night.
And Rizpah daughter of Aiah taketh
the
sackcloth ,
and stretcheth
it out for herself on the
rock ,
from the commencement
of harvest till
water
hath
been
poured out
upon
them
from
the heavens
, and
hath
not suffered
a
fowl
of the heavens
to rest upon
them by day, or
the beast
of the field by night.
When
David was
told
what
Saul’s
concubine
Rizpah ,
daughter of Aiah, had
done,
And
it
is
declared
to
David that
which
Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine
of
Saul,
hath
done,
he
went
and took
the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan
from the men
of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public
square
of Beth-shan where the Philistines had
hung
the bodies
after
they
had
struck
down
Saul at
Gilboa .
and David
goeth
and
taketh
the bones of Saul ,
and the
bones
of
Jonathan
his son ,
from the possessors
of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the broad
place
of Beth-Shan ,
where the Philistines hanged
them,
in
the day
of
the
Philistines
smiting
Saul in
Gilboa ;
So
David
had
the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan
brought
from
there
, along
with
the bones of those who
had
been
hanged .
and
he
bringeth
up
thence
the bones of Saul ,
and the
bones
of
Jonathan
his son, and
they
gather
the bones of those hanged ,
And they
buried
the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan
in Zela
in
the land of Benjamin, in the tomb
of Saul’s
father
Kish .
After
they
had
done
everything
the king had
commanded, God answered
their
prayers
for the land.
and bury
the bones of Saul and of
Jonathan
his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah,
in
the burying-place
of Kish his
father,
and
do
all
that
the king commanded, and
God is
entreated
for the land afterwards
.
Once
again the Philistines waged
war against
Israel, and David and his servants went
down
and fought
against
the Philistines; but
David became
exhausted.
And
again have
the Philistines war with
Israel, and David goeth
down,
and his servants with
him,
and they
fight
with
the Philistines; and
David is
weary,
Then
Ishbi-benob, a
descendant
of Rapha,
whose
bronze
spear weighed
three hundred shekels and who
was
bearing
a new sword,
resolved
to
kill
David .
and
Ishbi-Benob, who
`is'
among
the
children
of the
giant
--
the
weight
of
his
spear `is'
three hundred `
shekels '
weight
of
brass,
and he
is
girded
with
a new one
--
speaketh
of
smiting
David ,
But
Abishai son of Zeruiah came
to his
aid
, struck
the Philistine, and killed
him .
Then David’s
men swore
to him, “You
must
never
again
go out with us to battle, so
that
the lamp of Israel may
not
be
extinguished
. ”
and
Abishai son of Zeruiah giveth
help
to him
, and
smiteth
the Philistine, and putteth
him to
death;
then swear
the
men of
David
to him, saying,
`Thou
dost
not
go out again
with us to battle, nor
quench
the lamp of Israel. '
Some
time
later
at
Gob
, there
was
another
battle with the Philistines .
At
that
time
Sibbecai
the Hushathite killed
Saph, one
of
the descendants
of Rapha
.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
afterwards
, that
the
battle is
again
in
Gob
with the Philistines ,
then
hath
Sibbechai
the Hushathite smitten
Saph, who
`is'
among
the children
of the
giant
.
Once
again
there
was
a
battle with the Philistines at
Gob
, and Elhanan son of Jair
the
Bethlehemite
killed
the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft
of whose
spear was
like a weaver’s
beam.
And
the
battle is
again
in
Gob
with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim,
the Beth-Lehemite,
smiteth
`a
brother of '
Goliath the Gittite, and
the wood
of his
spear `is'
like a beam of
weavers
.
And there
was
still
another
battle at
Gath, where
there was
a man of great
stature with
six
fingers
on
each
hand
and six toes on
each
foot—
twenty -
four in all.
He too
was
descended
from
Rapha
,
And the
battle is
again
in
Gath, and
there is
a man of stature ,
and the
fingers
of
his
hands
`are'
six ,
and
the
toes of
his
feet
`are'
six,
twenty and
four in number,
and
he also
hath
been
born
to
the
giant
,
and when
he taunted
Israel, Jonathan the
son of David’s
brother Shimei
killed
him.
and he reproacheth
Israel, and
smite
him
doth
Jonathan son of Shimeah,
brother of
David;
So
these four descendants
of
Rapha
in Gath fell
at
the hands
of David and his servants.
these four have
been
born
to
the
giant
in Gath ,
and
they
fall
by
the hand
of David ,
and by
the
hand
of
his servants.
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