2 Samuel 21:1-6

¹During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

²At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

³So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”

⁴The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.

⁵And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,

⁶let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

— 2 Samuel 21:1-6

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Cross References for 2 Samuel 21:1-6

• Joshua 7:11-12
• 1 Samuel 10:24
• 2 Samuel 20:19
• 1 Samuel 26:19
• 2 Samuel 21:1
• 1 Samuel 11:4
• Hebrews 9:22
• 1 Samuel 10:26
• Numbers 25:4-5
• Joshua 9:3-21

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