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Then the king summoned the Gibeonites and said-now, the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but were a remnant of the Amorites, to whom the Israelites had bound themselves by oath; Saul, however, in his zeal for the Israelites and for Judah, had done his best to exterminate them- hence David said to the Gibeonites, (2 Samuel 21, 2)
The Gibeonites replied, 'Our quarrel with Saul and his family cannot be settled for silver or gold, nor by putting to death one man in Israel.' David said, 'Say what you want and I will do it for you.' (2 Samuel 21, 4)
Then they replied to the king, 'The man who dismembered us and planned to annihilate us, so that we should not exist anywhere in Israelite territory- (2 Samuel 21, 5)
we want seven of his descendants handed over to us; and we shall dismember them before Yahweh at Gibeon on Yahweh's hill.' 'I shall hand them over,' said the king. (2 Samuel 21, 6)
The king, however, spared Meribbaal son of Jonathan, son of Saul, on account of the oath by Yahweh binding them together, binding David and Jonathan son of Saul. (2 Samuel 21, 7)
The king took the two sons born to Saul by Rizpah daughter of Aiah: Armoni and Meribbaal; and the five sons borne by Merab daughter of Saul to Adriel son of Barzillai, of Meholah. (2 Samuel 21, 8)
David was told of what Saul's concubine, Rizpah daughter of Aiah, had done. (2 Samuel 21, 11)
David went and recovered the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the notables of Jabesh in Gilead. The latter had stolen them from the square in Beth-Shean, where the Philistines had hung them, when the Philistines had defeated Saul at Gilboa. (2 Samuel 21, 12)
David fetched the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. The bones of the men who had been dismembered were collected (2 Samuel 21, 13)
and these, with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan, were buried in the territory of Benjamin, at Zela, in the tomb of Saul's father, Kish. The king's orders were carried out to the letter and after that, God took pity on the country. (2 Samuel 21, 14)
Once again the Philistines made war on Israel. David went down with his retainers; they fought the Philistines and David began to tire. (2 Samuel 21, 15)
There was a champion, one of the sons of Rapha. His spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze; he was wearing a new sword and was confident of killing David. (2 Samuel 21, 16)
