2 Samuel 21:9

Contextual Overview

¹During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the LORD . The LORD said, "It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death." ¹ During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the Lord . The Lord said, "It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death." ¹And there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of Yahweh. And Yahweh said, "It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death." ¹ Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the LORD. And the LORD said, "It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death." ¹ Then there was an hunger in the dayes of Dauid three yeres together: And Dauid enquired of ye Lorde. And the Lorde aunswered: It is for Saul, and the house of blood, because he slue the Gibeonites. ¹ While David was king, there was a famine that continued for three years. So David prayed to the Lord . And the Lord answered, "Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for the famine, because he killed the Gibeonites." ¹ And there was a famine in the days of David, three years, year after year. And David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul and for his bloody house, because he killed the Gibeonites. ¹ Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, "There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gib'eonites to death." ¹ There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites. ¹ Then there was a famine in the dayes of Dauid three yeeres, yeere after yeere, and Dauid enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloodie house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Bible Verse Review
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before the Lord: 2 Samuel 21:6, 2 Samuel 6:17, 2 Samuel 6:21, Exodus 20:5, Numbers 35:31-34, Deuteronomy 21:1-9, 1 Samuel 15:33, 2 Kings 24:3, 2 Kings 24:4

in the beginning: This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or 21st of March Ruth 1:22

Reciprocal: Numbers 25:4 - and hang Deuteronomy 21:22 - thou hang Joshua 10:26 - hanged 2 Samuel 4:12 - hanged 2 Samuel 21:10 - from the Esther 9:13 - let Haman's ten sons be hanged Psalms 109:14 - Let the Jonah 1:15 - they Galatians 3:13 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian servant-woman whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

Genesis 16:1
Sarai was Abram's wife, but she did not have any children. She had an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sar'ai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;

Genesis 16:1
Therfor Sarai, wijf of Abram, hadde not gendrid fre children; but sche hadde a seruauntesse of Egipt, Agar bi name, and seide to hir hosebonde, Lo!

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaide, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites,.... The two sons of Rizpah and the five sons of Merab, two sons of Saul and five grandsons:

and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord; in the hill at Gibeah, that they might be seen by all that passed by, and serve to deter from such evils, which brought on them that punishment; gibbetings or crucifixions were commonly made on hills and mountains l: the phrase, "before the Lord", is either the same as "unto the Lord", 2 Samuel 21:6; to make atonement to the Lord, and in his sight; or it denotes that it was done publicly before the sun, and in the sight of it; for it cannot mean before the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence, for that was not there:

and they fell [all] seven together; they were hanged together, and died at one and the same time:

and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], in the beginning of barley harvest; which began at the passover, the morrow after the first day of the feast, Leviticus 23:10; which was the sixteenth of Nisan, on which day, the Jews say m, these men were hanged, and which must be about the beginning of our April.

l Vid. Lipsium de Cruce, l. 3. c. 13. m Bemidbar Rabba, fol. 190. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the first days - The barley harvest (about the middle or toward the end of April) was earlier than the wheat harvest Exodus 9:31; Ruth 1:22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 21:9. In the beginning of barley harvest. — This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or the 21st of March.