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2 Samuel 21:8-18

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8 So the king took the two sons of 1Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of 2Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the 3Meholathite.
9 Then he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the LORD, so that the seven of them fell together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest at 4the beginning of barley harvest.
10 5And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky; and 6she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.
11 When it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,
12 then David went and took 7the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead *, who had stolen them from the open square of 8Beth-shan, 9where * the Philistines had hanged them on the day 10the Philistines struck down Saul in Gilboa.
13 He brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in 11Zela, in the grave of Kish his father; thus they did all that the king commanded, and after that 12God was moved by prayer for the land.
15 Now when 13the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary.
16 Then Ishbi-benob, who was 14among the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, was girded with a new sword, and he intended to kill David.
17 But 15Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "16You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish 17the lamp of Israel."
18 18Now it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then 19Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant.
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2 Samuel 21:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 21

A famine being in the land three years, the Lord was inquired of, to know the reason of it; and it being answered, that it was on account of Saul's slaughter of the Gibeonites, they were summoned by David to know what satisfaction they required for the cruel usage of them, 2Sa 21:1-3; to which they replied, that they only desired seven of Saul's sons to be delivered up to them, to be hanged by them, which was granted, 2Sa 21:4-9; whose bones, with those of Saul and Jonathan, David buried in the sepulchre of their fathers, 2Sa 21:10-14; and the chapter is closed with an account of the various battles fought with the Philistines, in which four of their generals were slain, 2Sa 21:15-22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

  • 1. 2 Samuel 3:7
  • 2. 1 Samuel 18:19
  • 3. 1 Kings 19:16
  • 4. Exodus 9:31, 32
  • 5. Deuteronomy 21:23
  • 6. 1 Samuel 17:44, 46
  • 7. 1 Samuel 31:11-13
  • 8. Joshua 17:11
  • 9. 1 Samuel 31:10
  • 10. 1 Samuel 31:3, 4
  • 11. Joshua 18:28
  • 12. Joshua 7:26; 2 Samuel 24:25
  • 13. 2 Samuel 5:17-25
  • 14. Numbers 13:22, 28; Joshua 15:14; 2 Samuel 21:18-22
  • 15. 2 Samuel 20:6-10
  • 16. 2 Samuel 18:3
  • 17. 2 Samuel 22:29; 1 Kings 11:36
  • 18. 1 Chronicles 20:4-8
  • 19. 1 Chronicles 11:29; 1 Chronicles 27:11

Footnotes 9

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