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2 Samuel 21:1-11

21:1

Then there was a famine
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in the days
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of David
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three
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years
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year
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after
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year
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and David
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enquired
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of
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the LORD
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And the LORD
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answered
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[It is] for Saul
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and for [his] bloody
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house
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because he slew
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the Gibeonites
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{enquired...: Heb. sought the face, etc}

21:2

And the king
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called
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the Gibeonites
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and said
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unto them; (now the Gibeonites
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[were] not of the children
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of Israel
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but of the remnant
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of the Amorites
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and the children
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of Israel
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had sworn
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unto them: and Saul
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sought
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to slay
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them in his zeal
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to the children
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of Israel
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and Judah
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21:3

Wherefore David
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said
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unto the Gibeonites
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What shall I do
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for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement
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that ye may bless
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the inheritance
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of the LORD
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21:4

And the Gibeonites
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said
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unto him, We will have no silver
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nor gold
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of
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Saul
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nor of his house
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neither for us shalt thou kill
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any man
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in Israel
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And he said
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What ye shall say
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[that] will I do
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for you. {We will...: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc}

21:5

And they answered
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the king
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The man
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that consumed
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us, and that devised
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against us [that] we should be destroyed
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from remaining
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in any of the coasts
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of Israel
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{devised...: or, cut us off}

21:6

Let seven
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men
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of his sons
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be delivered
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unto us, and we will hang them up
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unto the LORD
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in Gibeah
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of Saul
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[whom] the LORD
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did choose
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And the king
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said
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I will give
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[them]. {whom...: or, chosen of the LORD}

21:7

But the king
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spared
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Mephibosheth
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the son
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of Jonathan
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the son
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of Saul
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because of the LORD'S
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oath
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that [was] between them, between David
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and Jonathan
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the son
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of Saul
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21:8

But the king
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took
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the two
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sons
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of Rizpah
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the daughter
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of Aiah
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whom she bare
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unto Saul
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Armoni
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and Mephibosheth
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and the five
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sons
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of Michal
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the daughter
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of Saul
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whom she brought up
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for Adriel
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the son
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of Barzillai
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the Meholathite
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{Michal: or, Michal's sister} {brought...: Heb. bear to Adriel}

21:9

And he delivered
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them into the hands
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of the Gibeonites
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and they hanged
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them in the hill
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before
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the LORD
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and they fell
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[all] seven
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together
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and were put to death
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in the days
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of harvest
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in the first
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[days], in the beginning
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of barley
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harvest
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21:10

And Rizpah
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the daughter
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of Aiah
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took
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sackcloth
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and spread
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it for her upon the rock
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from the beginning
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of harvest
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until water
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dropped
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upon them out of heaven
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and suffered
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neither the birds
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of the air
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to rest
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on them by day
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nor the beasts
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of the field
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by night
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21:11

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