Thenthere was a famine in the days of Davidthreeyears, yearafteryear; and Davidenquired of the LORD. And the LORDanswered, It is for Saul, and for his bloodyhouse, because he slew the Gibeonites.
And the kingcalled the Gibeonites, and saiduntothem; (now the Gibeoniteswere not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had swornuntothem: and Saulsought to slaythem in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
And the Gibeonitessaidunto him, We willhave no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shaltthoukill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, thatwill I do for you.
Let seven men of his sons be deliveredunto us, and we willhangthem up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the kingsaid, I willgivethem.
But the kingsparedMephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’Soaththat was betweenthem, betweenDavid and Jonathan the son of Saul.
But the kingtook the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bareuntoSaul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the fivesons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
And he deliveredtheminto the hands of the Gibeonites, and theyhangedthem in the hillbefore the LORD: and theyfell all seventogether, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the firstdays, in the beginning of barleyharvest.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiahtooksackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvestuntilwaterdroppeduponthem out of heaven, and sufferedneither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
And Davidwent and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolenthemfrom the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hangedthem, when the Philistines had slainSaul in Gilboa:
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buriedthey in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and theyperformed all that the kingcommanded. And afterthat God was intreated for the land.
Moreover the Philistines had yet war againwithIsrael; and Davidwentdown, and his servantswith him, and foughtagainst the Philistines: and Davidwaxedfaint.
And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whosespearweighedthreehundredshekels of brass in weight, he beinggirdedwith a new sword, thought to haveslainDavid.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiahsuccoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of Davidswareunto him, saying, Thoushalt go no more out with us to battle, thatthouquench not the light of Israel.
And it came to passafterthis, thatthere was again a battlewith the Philistines at Gob: thenSibbechai the HushathiteslewSaph, which was of the sons of the giant.
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, whereElhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whosespear was like a weaver’sbeam.
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of greatstature, that had on everyhand six fingers, and on everyfoot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.