2 Samuel 21:1-10 In Davids time there was a famine that lasted - TopicsExpress



          

2 Samuel 21:1-10 In Davids time there was a famine that lasted three years, and David consulted Adonai. Adonai said, It is because of Shaul and his bloodstained house, because he put to death the people of Givon. The king summoned the Givonim and said to them - these Givonim were not part of the people of Israel but from the remnant of the Emori; and the people of Israel had sworn to them; but Shaul, in his zeal for the people of Israel and Yhudah, had sought to exterminate them - David said to the Givonim, What should I do for you? With what should I make atonement, so that you will be able to bless Adonais heritage? The Givonim said to him, Our dispute with Shaul cant be resolved with silver or gold; and we dont have the right to put anyone in Israel to death. He said, So, what do you say that I should do for you? They answered the king, The man who ruined us, who schemed against us so that we could cease to exist anywhere in Israels territory - have seven of his male descendants handed over to us, and we will put them to death by hanging before Adonai in Givah of Shaul, whom Adonai chose. The king said, I will hand them over. But the king spared Mfivoshet, the son of Yhonatan the son of Shauk, because of the oath before Adonai between David and Yhonatan the son of Shaul. The king took the two sons of Ritzpah the daughter of Ayah, whom she bore to Shaul, Armoni and Mfivoshet, and the five sons of Mikhal the daughter of Shaul that she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Mecholati; and handed them over to the Givonim, who handed them on the hill before Adonai. All seven died; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest season, at the beginning of the barley harvest. Ritzpah the daughter of Ayah, took sackcloth, spread it out toward a cliff for herself and stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until water was poured out on the bodies from the sky, not letting the birds land on them during the day or the wild animals at night.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:19:40 +0000

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