2. Samuel 21 – Studienbibel

1 Then there was a famine7458 in the days3117 of David1732 three7969 years8141, year8141 after310 year8141; and David1732 enquired1245 of6440 the LORD3068. And the LORD3068 answered559, It is for Saul7586, and for his bloody1818 house1004, because he slew4191 the Gibeonites1393.¹ 2 And the king4428 called7121 the Gibeonites1393, and said559 unto them; (now the Gibeonites1393 were not of the children1121 of Israel3478, but of the remnant3499 of the Amorites567; and the children1121 of Israel3478 had sworn7650 unto them: and Saul7586 sought1245 to slay5221 them in his zeal7065 to the children1121 of Israel3478 and Judah3063.) 3 Wherefore David1732 said559 unto the Gibeonites1393, What shall I do6213 for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement3722, that ye may bless1288 the inheritance5159 of the LORD3068? 4 And the Gibeonites1393 said559 unto him, We will have no silver3701 nor gold2091 of5973 Saul7586, nor of his house1004; neither for us shalt thou kill4191 any man376 in Israel3478. And he said559, What ye shall say559, that will I do6213 for you.² 5 And they answered559 the king4428, The man376 that consumed3615 us, and that devised1819 against us that we should be destroyed8045 from remaining3320 in any of the coasts1366 of Israel3478,³ 6 Let seven7651 men582 of his sons1121 be delivered5414 unto us, and we will hang them up3363 unto the LORD3068 in Gibeah1390 of Saul7586, whom the LORD3068 did choose972. And the king4428 said559, I will give5414 them.⁴ 7 But the king4428 spared2550 Mephibosheth4648, the son1121 of Jonathan3083 the son1121 of Saul7586, because of the LORD'S3068 oath7621 that was between them, between David1732 and Jonathan3083 the son1121 of Saul7586. 8 But the king4428 took3947 the two8147 sons1121 of Rizpah7532 the daughter1323 of Aiah345, whom she bare3205 unto Saul7586, Armoni764 and Mephibosheth4648; and the five2568 sons1121 of Michal4324 the daughter1323 of Saul7586, whom she brought up3205 for Adriel5741 the son1121 of Barzillai1271 the Meholathite4259:⁵⁶ 9 And he delivered5414 them into the hands3027 of the Gibeonites1393, and they hanged3363 them in the hill2022 before6440 the LORD3068: and they fell5307 all seven7651 7659 together3162, and were put to death4191 in the days3117 of harvest7105, in the first7223 days, in the beginning8462 of barley8184 harvest7105.

10 And Rizpah7532 the daughter1323 of Aiah345 took3947 sackcloth8242, and spread5186 it for her upon the rock6697, from the beginning8462 of harvest7105 until water4325 dropped5413 upon them out of heaven8064, and suffered5414 neither the birds5775 of the air8064 to rest5117 on them by day3119, nor the beasts2416 of the field7704 by night3915. 11 And it was told5046 David1732 what Rizpah7532 the daughter1323 of Aiah345, the concubine6370 of Saul7586, had done6213. 12 And David1732 went3212 and took3947 the bones6106 of Saul7586 and the bones6106 of Jonathan3083 his son1121 from the men1167 of Jabeshgilead3003 1568, which had stolen1589 them from the street7339 of Bethshan1052, where the Philistines6430 had hanged8511 8518 them, when3117 the Philistines6430 had slain5221 Saul7586 in Gilboa1533: 13 And he brought up5927 from thence the bones6106 of Saul7586 and the bones6106 of Jonathan3083 his son1121; and they gathered622 the bones6106 of them that were hanged3363. 14 And the bones6106 of Saul7586 and Jonathan3083 his son1121 buried6912 they in the country776 of Benjamin1144 in Zelah6762, in the sepulchre6913 of Kish7027 his father1: and they performed6213 all that the king4428 commanded6680. And after310 that God430 was intreated6279 for the land776.

15 Moreover the Philistines6430 had yet war4421 again with Israel3478; and David1732 went down3381, and his servants5650 with him, and fought3898 against the Philistines6430: and David1732 waxed faint5774. 16 And Ishbibenob3430, which was of the sons3211 of the giant7497, the weight4948 of whose spear7013 weighed three7969 hundred3967 shekels of brass5178 in weight4948, he being girded2296 with a new2319 sword, thought559 to have slain5221 David1732.⁷⁸ 17 But Abishai52 the son1121 of Zeruiah6870 succoured5826 him, and smote5221 the Philistine6430, and killed4191 him. Then the men582 of David1732 sware7650 unto him, saying559, Thou shalt go3318 no more out with us to battle4421, that thou quench3518 not the light5216 of Israel3478.⁹ 18 And it came to pass after this310, that there was again a battle4421 with the Philistines6430 at Gob1359: then Sibbechai5444 the Hushathite2843 slew5221 Saph5593, which was of the sons3211 of the giant7497.¹⁰¹¹ 19 And there was again a battle4421 in Gob1359 with the Philistines6430, where Elhanan445 the son1121 of Jaareoregim3296, a Bethlehemite1022, slew5221 the brother of Goliath1555 the Gittite1663, the staff6086 of whose spear2595 was like a weaver's707 beam4500.¹² 20 And there was yet a battle4421 in Gath1661, where was a man376 of great stature4067 4055, that had on every hand3027 six8337 fingers676, and on every foot7272 six8337 toes676, four702 and twenty6242 in number4557; and he also was born3205 to the giant7497.¹³ 21 And when he defied2778 Israel3478, Jonathan3083 the son1121 of Shimea8092 the brother251 of David1732 slew5221 him.¹⁴ 22 These four702 were born3205 to the giant7497 in Gath1661, and fell5307 by the hand3027 of David1732, and by the hand3027 of his servants5650.