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| [1]Then there was a famine in the days of David, three years together: and David asked counsel of the Lord, and the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. |
[1]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.' |
| [2]Then the king called the Gibeonites and said unto them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites, unto whom the children of Israel had sworn: but Saul sought to slay them for his zeal toward the children of Israel and Judah) |
[2]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 -- |
| [3]And 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? |
[3]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.' |
| [4]The Gibeonites then answered 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. |
[4]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.' |
| [5]Then they answered the king, The man that consumed us and that imagined evil against us, so that we are destroyed from remaining in any coast of Israel, |
[5]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 -- |
| [6]Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lord's chosen. And the king said, I will give them. |
[6]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;' |
| [7]But the king had compassion on Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath, that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. |
[7]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; |
| [8]But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bear unto Saul, even Armoni and Mephibosheth and the five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she bear to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. |
[8]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, |
| [9]And he delivered them unto the hands of the Gibeonites, which hanged them in the mountain before the Lord: so they died all seven together, and they were slain in the time of harvest: in the first days, and in the beginning of barley harvest. |
[9]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. |
| [10]Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and hanged it up for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest, until water dropped upon them from the heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to light on them by day, nor beasts of the field by night. |
[10]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. |
| [11]And it was told David, what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done. |
[11]And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, hath done, |
| [12]And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa. |
[12]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; |
| [13]So he brought thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. |
[13]and he bringeth up thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gather the bones of those hanged, |
| [14]And the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the grave of Kish his father: and when they had performed all that the king had commanded, God was then appeased with the land. |
[14]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. |
| [15]Again the Philistines had war with Israel: and David went down, and his servants with him, and they fought against the Philistines, and David fainted. |
[15]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, |
| [16]Then Ishbi-benob which was of the sons of Haraphah ( the head of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass) even he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. |
[16]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, |
| [17]But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then David's men swear unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, lest thou quench the light of Israel. |
[17]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.' |
| [18]And after this also there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was one of the sons of Haraphah. |
[18]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. |
| [19]And there was yet another battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite slew Goliath the Gittite: the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. |
[19]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. |
| [20]Afterward there was also a battle in Gath, where was a man of a great stature, and had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number: who was also the son of Haraphah. |
[20]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, |
| [21]And when he reviled Israel, Jonathan the son of Shima the brother of David slew him. |
[21]and he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimeah, brother of David; |
| [22]These four were born to Haraphah in Gath, and died by the hand of David and by the hands of his servants. |
[22]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. |