2 Samuel 21

The Gibeonites Avenged

1During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

2The king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.) 3David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make atonement so that you will bless the Lord’s inheritance?”

4The Gibeonites answered him, “We have no right to demand silver or gold from Saul or his family, nor do we have the right to put anyone in Israel to death.”

“What do you want me to do for you?” David asked.

5They answered the king, “As for the man who destroyed us and plotted against us so that we have been decimated and have no place anywhere in Israel, 6let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen one.”

So the king said, “I will give them to you.”

7The king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the Lord between David and Jonathan son of Saul. 8But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab,#21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts Michal whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite. 9He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed their bodies on a hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest, just as the barley harvest was beginning.

10Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds touch them by day or the wild animals by night. 11When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done, 12he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.) 13David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there, and the bones of those who had been killed and exposed were gathered up.

14They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.

Wars Against the Philistines

15Once again there was a battle between the Philistines and Israel. David went down with his men to fight against the Philistines, and he became exhausted. 16And Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, whose bronze spearhead weighed three hundred shekels#21:16 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms and who was armed with a new sword, said he would kill David. 17But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel will not be extinguished.”

18In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.

19In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair#21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-Oregim. the Bethlehemite killed the brother of#21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew does not have the brother of. Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.

20In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. 21When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David’s brother, killed him.

22These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

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2 SAMUELE 21

Ho phetetswa madi a Bagibeone

1Mehleng ya Davida ha eba le tlala ka dilemo tse tharo, tse hlahlamanang. Davida a botsa Morena, mme Morena a re: “Tlala ena e teng ka baka la Saule le ba lelapa la hae, ba madi matsohong, hobane Saule o bolaile Bagibeone.”

2Bagibeone e ne e se ba habo bana ba Iseraele; e ne e le masalla a Baamore. Bana ba Iseraele ba ne ba ba hlapanyeditse hore ba tla ba baballa, empa Saule yena o ne a rata ho ba bolaya ka baka la ho thahasella bana ba Iseraele le ba Juda. 3Yaba Davida o bitsa Bagibeone, o re ho bona: “Ke le etsetse eng? Tefelo nka e etsa ka eng, e le hore le tle le hlohonolofatse setjhaba seo e leng lefa la Morena?”

4Yaba Bagibeone ba re ho yena: “Ntwa ya rona le Saule, kapa le ba lelapa la hae, hase e ka lalang ka baka la silefera kapa kgauta. Ebile ha re rate ho bolaya motho ofe kapa ofe naheng ena ya Iseraele.”

Jwale Davida a re: “Le re ke le etsetse eng?”

5Ba re ho kgosi: “Monna o teng ya ileng a re ripitla, a re lohela mano hore re timetswe, hoo ho seng ho se moo re ka hatang teng naheng ena ya Iseraele. 6Re nee banna ba supileng, bao e leng bara ba hae, re tle re ba fanyehele Morena, re le Gibea ya Saule, mokgethwa wa Morena.”

Kgosi ya re: “Ke tla neelana ka bona.”

7Empa ka baka la kano eo bo-Davida le Jonathane, mora wa Saule, ba neng ba e hlapanyetse ka lebitso la Morena, kgosi ya rekolohela Mefiboshete, mora wa Jonathane, setloholo sa Saule. 8Yaba kgosi e nka Aremoni le Mefiboshete, e leng bana ba babedi, bao Risepa, moradi wa Aya, a neng a ba tswalle Saule, le bara ba bahlano ba Mikale, moradi wa Saule, bao a neng a ba tswalle Adariele, mora wa Barasilai wa Mehola. 9Kgosi ya neelana ka bona matsohong a Bagibeone. Bagibeone ba ba fanyehela thabeng, kapele ho Morena, mme ba eshwa bohle ka bosupa ba bona. Ha ba bolawa e ne e le qalehong ya matsatsi a kotulo, ha ho qalwa ho hela harese.

10Jwale Risepa, moradi wa Aya, a nka mokotla, a ikalla wona hodima lefika, ho tloha qalong ya kotulo, ho fihlela ha dipula di ena. Motsheare a tshosa dinonyana tse fofang hore di se ke tsa dula hodima ditopo tseo, mme bosiu a leleka dibatana tsa naha.

11Ha Davida a bolellwa se entsweng ke Risepa, moradi wa Aya, mosadi wa lefielo wa Saule, 12Davida a theoha, a ya nka masapo a Saule le a Jonathane, mora wa Saule, ho banna ba Jabeshe-Gileade, ba neng ba a utswe lebaleng la Bete-Shane, moo Bafilesita ba neng ba ile ba ba fanyehela teng, mohla Saule a bolaelwang Gileboa ke Bafilesita. 13Davida a nyoloha moo a nkile masapo a bo-Saule le Jonathane, mora wa Saule; ba ba ba bokella le masapo a ba ileng ba fanyehwa.

14Ba epela masapo a bo-Saule le Jonathane, mora wa Saule, naheng ya morabe wa Benjamine, e Sela, ka lebitleng la ntatae Kishe. Ba etsa tsohle tseo kgosi e laetseng hore di etswe, mme kamora moo, naha ya rapellwa ho Modimo.

Abishai o namolela Davida ho seqhobane

15Bafilesita ba boela ba lwana le Baiseraele. Davida a theoha le bahlanka ba hae, ba lwantsha Bafilesita, Davida a ba a kgathala. 16Ishibi, eo e neng e le e mong wa diqhobane, o ne a le Nobe. Lerumo la hae, le entsweng ka lethose, le ne le le boima bo ka etsang dikilo tse tharo le halofo, a bile a hlometse le ka sabole e ntjha, mme a nyoretswe ho bolaya Davida. 17Empa Abishai, mora wa Seruya, a thusetsa Davida, a hlaba Mofilesita eo, a mmolaya. Banna ba Davida ba mo hlapanyetsa, ba re: “Ha o ka ke wa hlola o futuha le rona, esere wa bolawa, mme lebone la Baiseraele la tima.”

Bahlabani ba Davida ba bolaya diqhobane

(1 Dik. 20:4-8)

18Kamora tsena, Bafilesita ba boela ba tsosa ntwa Gobe. Sibekai wa Mohusha a bolaya Safe, eo e neng e le e mong wa diqhobane.

19Bafilesita ba boela ba tsosa ntwa e nngwe hape, Gobe. Elehanane, mora wa Jaare-Oregime wa Betlelehema, a bolaya Goliate wa Mogate. Theko ya lerumo la Goliate e ne e le kalo ka mofeng wa motjhini o ohlang.

20Ntwa e nngwe ya boela ya qhoma Gate. Hona moo ho ne ho ena le monna wa safola. Le leng le le leng la matsoho a hae, le maoto a hae, le ne le ena le menwana e tsheletseng, kaofela e le menwana e mashome a mabedi a metso e mene, mme le yena e le seqhobane. 21Monna enwa a nna a phephetsa Baiseraele, mme Jonathane, mora wa Shima, ngwanabo Davida, a mmolaya.

22Ba bane bana ba ne ba tswetswe ke seqhobane sa Gate, mme ba bolawa ke Davida le ke bahlanka ba hae.

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