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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gibeonites Avenged</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The 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.) </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">David asked the Gibeonites, &#8220;What shall I do for you? How shall I make atonement so that you will bless the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s inheritance?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Gibeonites answered him, &#8220;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.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.21.4"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want me to do for you?&#8221; David asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They answered the king, &#8220;As for the man who destroyed us and plotted against us so that we have been decimated and have no place anywhere in Israel, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at Gibeah of Saul&#8212;the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s chosen one.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.21.6"><span class="content">So the king said, &#8220;I will give them to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> between David and Jonathan son of Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah&#8217;s daughter Rizpah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Saul&#8217;s daughter Merab,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:8 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Michal</span></span></span><span class="content"> whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed their bodies on a hill before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. 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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Rizpah 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. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When David was told what Aiah&#8217;s daughter Rizpah, Saul&#8217;s concubine, had done, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">he 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.) </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">David 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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul&#8217;s father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wars Against the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Once 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. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, whose bronze spearhead weighed three hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> and who was armed with a new sword, said he would kill David. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David&#8217;s rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David&#8217;s men swore to him, saying, &#8220;Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel will not be extinguished.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In 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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.21.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:19 </span><span class="ft">See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jaare-Oregim.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Bethlehemite killed the brother of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:19 </span><span class="ft">See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq">the brother of</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver&#8217;s rod.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In 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&#8212;twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David&#8217;s brother, killed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are the last words of David:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">&#8220;The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">the man anointed by the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">the hero of Israel&#8217;s songs:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke through me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.23.2"><span class="content">his word was on my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The God of Israel spoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="content">the Rock of Israel said to me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="content">&#8216;When one rules over people in righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="content">when he rules in the fear of God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he is like the light of morning at sunrise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="content">on a cloudless morning,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="content">like the brightness after rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="content">that brings grass from the earth.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;If my house were not right with God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">arranged and secured in every part;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">and grant me my every desire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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