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2 Samuel 21

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1Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

2And 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.)

3Wherefore 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?

4And 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.

5And 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,

6Let 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.

7But 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.

8But 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:

9And 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.

10And 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.

11And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

12And 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:

13And 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.

14And 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.

15Moreover 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.

16And 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.

17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured 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.

18And 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.

19And 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.

20And 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.

21And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.

22These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אֵתʼêthH85325× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • בֵּןbênH112116× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • שָׁאוּלShâʼûwlH758613× in this chapter

    Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

  • דָּוִדDâvidH173212× in this chapter

    David, the youngest son of Jesse

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83412× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • אָמַרʼâmarH55910× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34788× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19617× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • נָכָהnâkâhH52217× in this chapter

    to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

  • פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîyH64307× in this chapter

    a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

  • גִּבְעֹנִיGibʻônîyH13936× in this chapter

    a Gibonite, or inhabitant of Gibon

  • יְהוֹנָתָןYᵉhôwnâthânH30836× in this chapter

    Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites

  • אֵלʼêlH4136× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • מֶלֶךְmelekH44286× in this chapter

    a king

  • עֶצֶםʻetsemH61066× in this chapter

    a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame

  • מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâhH44215× in this chapter

    a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)

  • עוֹדʻôwdH57505× in this chapter

    properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

  • עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • עִםʻimH59735× in this chapter

    adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)

  • בַּתbathH13234× in this chapter

    a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

  • יָדyâdH30274× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • יָלַדyâladH32054× in this chapter

    to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

  • לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • מוּתmûwthH41914× in this chapter

    to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

  • נָתַןnâthanH54144× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62134× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • רָפָאrâphâʼH74974× in this chapter

    a giant

  • אֵתʼêthH8544× in this chapter

    properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

  • אַחַרʼacharH3103× in this chapter

    properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

  • יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • יָקַעyâqaʻH33633× in this chapter

    properly, to sever oneself, i.e. (by implication) to be dislocated; figuratively, to abandon; causatively, to impale (and thus allow to drop to pieces by rotting)

  • אַיָּהʼAyâhH3453× in this chapter

    Ajah, the name of two Israelites

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • לָקַחlâqachH39473× in this chapter

    to take (in the widest variety of applications)

  • מָהmâhH41003× in this chapter

    properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

  • מְפִיבֹשֶׁתMᵉphîybôshethH46483× in this chapter

    Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites

  • קָצִירqâtsîyrH71053× in this chapter

    severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)

  • רִצְפָּהRitspâhH75323× in this chapter

    Ritspah, an Israelitess

  • שָׁנֶהshânehH81413× in this chapter

    a year (as a revolution of time)

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