2 Samuel 21:1-7
famine <07458> [A.M. 2986. B.C. 1018. An. Ex. Ex. Is. 473. a famine.]
inquired <01245> [enquired. Heb. sought the face, etc. of the Lord.]
Saul <07586> [It is.]
Saul <07586> [Saul.]
Gibeonites ........ Gibeonites <01393> [now the.]
Amorites <0567> [the Amorites.]
The Gibeonites were Hivites, not Amorites, as appears from Jos 6:19; but Amorites is a name often given to the Canaanites in general.
zeal <07065> [in his zeal.]
amends <03722> [wherewith.]
bless <01288> [bless.]
silver <03701> [We will, etc. 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. no silver.]
man <0376> [The man.]
schemed <01819> [devised. or, cut us off.]
seven <07651> [Let seven.]
As God accepted the expiation here demanded, we must suppose that both the enquiry of David, and the answer of the Gibeonites, were directed by some open or secret intimation from him.
execute <03363> [hang.]
Gibeah <01390> [in.]
Lord ......... Lord's chosen one <03068 0972> [whom the Lord did choose. or, the chosen of the Lord.]
Mephibosheth <04648> [Mephibosheth.]
Lord's <03068> [because.]
