<vn='1'>Then there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="7458">famine</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="8141">years</s>, <sn="8141">year</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="8141">year</s>; and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1245 6440">inquired</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">answered</s>, It is <sn="413">for</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and <sn="413">for</s> his <sn="1818">bloody</s><sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="5921 834">because</s> he <sn="4191">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1393">Gibeonites</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7121">called</s> the <sn="1393">Gibeonites</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them; (now the <sn="1393">Gibeonites</s> were <sn="3808">not</s> of the <sn="4480 1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s> of the <sn="4480 3499">remnant</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>; and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> had <sn="7650">sworn</s> unto them: and <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1245">sought</s> to <sn="5221">slay</s> them in his <sn="7065">zeal</s> to the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="3063">Judah</s>.) </v>
<vn='3'>Wherefore <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1393">Gibeonites</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> shall I <sn="6213">do</s> for you? and <sn="4100">wherewith</s> shall I make the <sn="3722">atonement</s>, that ye may <sn="1288">bless</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5159">inheritance</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="1393">Gibeonites</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, We will have <sn="369">no</s><sn="3701">silver</s> nor <sn="2091">gold</s><sn="5973">of</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, nor <sn="5973">of</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>; <sn="369">neither</s> for us shalt thou <sn="4191">kill</s> any <sn="376">man</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="859">ye</s> shall <sn="559">say</s>, that will I <sn="6213">do</s> for you. </v>
<vn='5'>And they <sn="559 413">answered</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, The <sn="376">man</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3615">consumed</s> us, and <sn="834">that</s><sn="1819">devised</s> against us that we should be <sn="8045">destroyed</s> from <sn="4480 3320">remaining</s> in <sn="3605">any</s> of the <sn="1366">coasts</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='6'>Let <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="376">men</s> of his <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> be <sn="5414">delivered</s> unto us, and we will <sn="3363">hang</s> them up unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="1390">Gibeah</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, whom the <sn="3068">LORD</s> did <sn="972">choose</s>. And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="5414">give</s> them. </v>
<vn='7'>But the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2550 5921">spared</s><sn="4648">Mephibosheth</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="5921">because</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="7621">oath</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="996">between</s> them, <sn="996">between</s><sn="1732">David</s> and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>But the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="7532">Rizpah</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="345">Aiah</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> she <sn="3205">bore</s> unto <sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="764">Armoni</s> and <sn="4648">Mephibosheth</s>; and the <sn="2568">five</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="4324">Michal</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> she brought <sn="3205">up</s> for <sn="5741">Adriel</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1271">Barzillai</s> the <sn="4259">Meholathite</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="5414">delivered</s> them into the <sn="3027">hands</s> of the <sn="1393">Gibeonites</s>, and they <sn="3363">hanged</s> them in the <sn="2022">hill</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and they <sn="5307">fell</s> all <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3162">together</s>, and were put to <sn="4191">death</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="7105">harvest</s>, in the <sn="7223">first</s> days, in the <sn="8462">beginning</s> of <sn="8184">barley</s><sn="7105">harvest</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="7532">Rizpah</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="345">Aiah</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8242">sackcloth</s>, and <sn="5186">spread</s> it for her <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="6697">rock</s>, from the <sn="4480 8462">beginning</s> of <sn="7105">harvest</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="4325">water</s><sn="5413">dropped</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="5414">suffered</s><sn="3808">neither</s> the <sn="5775">birds</s> of the <sn="8064">air</s> to <sn="5117">rest</s><sn="5921">on</s> them by <sn="3119">day</s>, nor the <sn="2416">beasts</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s><sn="7532">Rizpah</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="345">Aiah</s>, the <sn="6370">concubine</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, had <sn="6213">done</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6106">bones</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> and the <sn="6106">bones</s> of <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead, <sn="834">which</s> had <sn="1589">stolen</s> them from the <sn="4480 7339">street</s> of <sn="1052">Beth</s> -shan, <sn="834 8033">where</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> had <sn="8511">hanged</s> them, <sn="3117">when</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> had <sn="5221">slain</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7586">Saul</s> in <sn="1533">Gilboa</s>: </v>
<vn='13'>And he brought <sn="5927">up</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6106">bones</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> and the <sn="6106">bones</s> of <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> his <sn="1121">son</s>; and they <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6106">bones</s> of them that were <sn="3363">hanged</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6106">bones</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> and <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="6912">buried</s> they in the <sn="776">country</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> in <sn="6762">Zelah</s>, in the <sn="6913">sepulcher</s> of <sn="7027">Kish</s> his <sn="1">father</s>: and they <sn="6213">performed</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6680">commanded</s>. And after <sn="310 3651">that</s><sn="430">God</s> was <sn="6279">entreated</s> for the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Moreover the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="1961">had</s> yet <sn="4421">war</s> again <sn="854">with</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>; and <sn="1732">David</s> went <sn="3381">down</s>, and his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, and fought <sn="3898">against</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>: and <sn="1732">David</s> waxed <sn="5774">faint</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="3430">Ishbibenob</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was of the <sn="3211">sons</s> of the <sn="7498">giant</s>, the <sn="4948">weight</s> of whose <sn="7013">spear</s> weighed <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> shekels of <sn="5178">brass</s> in <sn="4948">weight</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> being <sn="2296">girded</s> with a <sn="2319">new</s> sword, <sn="559">thought</s> to have <sn="5221">slain</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>But <sn="52">Abishai</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6870">Zeruiah</s><sn="5826">succored</s> him, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistine</s>, and <sn="4191">killed</s> him. <sn="227">Then</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7650">swore</s> unto him, <sn="559">saying</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3318">go</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s> out with us to <sn="4421">battle</s>, that thou <sn="3518">quench</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5216">light</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">this</s>, that there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="5750">again</s> a <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> at <sn="1359">Gob</s>: <sn="227">then</s><sn="5444">Sibbechai</s> the <sn="2843">Hushathite</s><sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5593">Saph</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was of the <sn="3211">sons</s> of the <sn="7498">giant</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="5750">again</s> a <sn="4421">battle</s> in <sn="1359">Gob</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, where <sn="445">Elhanan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3296">Jaare</s> -oregim, a <sn="1022">Bethlehemite</s>, <sn="5221">slew</s> the brother of <sn="*853"></s><sn="1555">Goliath</s> the <sn="1663">Gittite</s>, the <sn="6086">staff</s> of whose <sn="2595">spear</s> was like a <sn="707">weaver</s> 's <sn="4500">beam</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="5750">yet</s> a <sn="4421">battle</s> in <sn="1661">Gath</s>, where <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="376">man</s> of great <sn="4055">stature</s>, that had on every <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="676">fingers</s>, and on every <sn="7272">foot</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="676">toes</s>, <sn="702">four</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s> in <sn="4557">number</s>; and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1571">also</s> was <sn="3205">born</s> to the <sn="7498">giant</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And when he <sn="2778">defied</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8092">Shimea</s> the <sn="251">brother</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5221">slew</s> him. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="428">These</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="702">four</s> were <sn="3205">born</s> to the <sn="7498">giant</s> in <sn="1661">Gath</s>, and <sn="5307">fell</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of his <sn="5650">servants</s>. </v>