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King James Version
And
there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought
the
face
of Jehovah
. And Jehovah
said
, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put
to
death
the Gibeonites.
Then
there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired
of the
LORD
. And the
LORD
answered
, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew
the Gibeonites.
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for
the children of Israel and Judah) ;
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them ;
(now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to
the children of Israel and Judah .
)
and
David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah
?
Wherefore
David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the
atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the
LORD
?
And the Gibeonites said unto him, It
is
no matter
of
silver or
gold between
us
and
Saul, or
his house; neither is
it
for us to
put
any man to
death
in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
And the Gibeonites said unto him, We
will
have
no silver nor
gold of
Saul, nor
of
his house; neither for us shalt
thou
kill
any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
And they said
unto
the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us ,
`
that '
we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders
of Israel,
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,
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.
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.
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's
oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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.
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 bare
to
Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
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:
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain
before Jehovah,
and they fell `
all '
seven together .
And they
were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at
the beginning of barley harvest.
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill
before the
LORD:
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.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was
poured
upon them from
heaven ;
and she
suffered neither the birds of the heavens
to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
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.
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead
, who
had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan
, where the Philistines had hanged them, in
the
day
that
the Philistines slew
Saul in Gilboa ;
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead
, which
had stolen them from the street of Bethshan
, where the Philistines had hanged them, when
the Philistines had
slain
Saul in Gilboa :
and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son :
and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son ;
and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
And they
buried
the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela
, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated
for the land.
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 God was intreated
for the land.
And
the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines .
And David waxed faint ;
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 waxed faint .
and Ishbibenob, who
was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was
three hundred `
shekels '
of brass in weight, he being girded with a new `
sword '
, thought to have slain David.
And Ishbibenob, which
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.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp
of Israel.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light
of Israel.
And it came to pass after this, that there was again war
with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai
the Hushathite slew Saph, who
was of the sons of the giant.
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a
battle
with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai
the Hushathite slew Saph, which
was of the sons of the giant.
And there was again war
with the Philistines at
Gob;
and
Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the
Beth-lehemite
slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
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.
And there was again
war
at
Gath, where was a man of great stature, that 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.
And there was yet
a
battle
in
Gath, where was a man of great stature, that 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.
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei,
David's
brother ,
slew him.
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah
the
brother of
David
slew him.
These four were born to the giant in Gath ;
and they
fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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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