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2 Samuel 21

1 Thre deare yeres 9 The vengeance of the ſinnes of Saúl lighteth on his ſeuẽ ſonnes, which are hãged 15 Foure great battels, which Dauid had againſt the Philiſtims
1.1 THen there was a famine in the daies of Dauid, thre yeres " together: and Dauid " aſked counſel of the Lord, & the Lord anſwered, It is for Saul, and for his bloodie houſe, becauſe he ſlewe the p Gibeonites.
2.2 Then the King called the Gibeonites, & ſaid vnto thẽ (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Iſraél, but * a remnant of the Amorites, vnto whome the children of Iſraél had ſworne: but Saul ſought foght to ſlaye the for his zeale toward the children of Iſrael and Iudah)
3.And Dauid ſaid vnto the Gibeonites, b What ſhal I do for you, and wherewith ſhal I make the atonement, that ye may bleſſe the inheritance of the Lord?
4.The Gibeonites then anſwered him, We wil haue no ſiluer nor gold of Saúl nor of his houſe, nether for vs ſhalt thou kil c anie man in Iſraél. And he ſaid, What ye ſhal ſay, that wil I do for you.
5.Then they anſwered the King, The man that conſumed vs and that imagined euil againſt vs, ſo that we are deſtroyed from remaining in anie coſte of Iſraél,
6.Let ſeuen men of his d ſonnes be deliuered vnto vs, and we wil hang them vp e vnto the Lord in Gibeáh of Saúl, the Lords choſen. And the King ſaid, I wil giue them.
7.But the King had compaſſion on Mephi-bóſheth the ſonne of Ionathán the ſonne of Saúl, becauſe of the * Lords othe, that was betwene them, euen betwene Dauid and Ionathan the ſonne of Saúl.
8.But the King toke the two ſonnes of Riz-páh the daughter of Aiáh, whome ſhe bare vnto Saúl, euen Armoní & Mephibóſheth and the fiue ſonnes of f Michál, the daughter of Saúl, whome ſhe bare to Adriél the ſonne of Barzillái the Meholathite.
9.And he deliuered them vnto the hands of the Gibeonites, which haged them in the mountaine before the Lord: ſo they " dyed all ſeuen together, and they were ſlaine in the time of harueſt: in the g firſt dayes, & in the beginning of barly harueſt.
10.Then Rizpáh the daughter of Aiáh toke h ſackcloth & haged it vp for her vpo the rocke, from the beginning of harueſt, vntil i water dropped vpon them from the heauen, and ſuffred nether the birdes of the aire to light on them by day, nor beaſtes of the field by night.
11.¶ And it was tolde Dauid, what Rizpáh the daughter ot Aiáh the concubine of Saúl had done.
12.And Dauid went and toke the bones of Saúl and the bones of Ionathán his ſonne from the citizens of Iabéſh Gileád, which had ſtollen them from the ſtrete of Beth-ſhán, where the Philiſtíms had * hanged them, when the Philiſtíms had ſlaine Saúl in Gilbóa.
13.So he broght thence the bones of Saúl and the bones of Ionathán his ſonne, and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
14.And the bones of Saúl and of Ionathán his ſonne buryed they in the countrei of Beniamin in Zeláh, in the graue of Kiſh his father: and when they had performed all that the King had commanded, God was then k appeaſed with the land.
15.¶ Againe the Philiſtíms had warre with Iſraél: and Dauid went downe, and his ſeruants with him, and they fognt againſt the Philiſtıms, and Dauid fainted.
16.Then Iſhi benób which was of the ſonnes of l Harapháh (the head of whoſe ſpeare wayed thre hundreth m ſhekels of braſſe) cue he being girded with a newe ſword, thoght to haue ſlaine Dauid.
17.But Abiſhái the ſonne of Zeruiáh ſuccoured him, and ſmote the Philiſtim, and killed him. Then Dauids men ſware vnto him, ſaying, Thou ſhalt go no more out with vs to battel, leſt thou quenche the n light of Iſraél.
18.¶ And after this alſo there was a battel with the Philiſtíms at * Gob, then Sibbechái the Huſhathite ſlewe Saph, which was one of the ſonnes of Harapháh.
19.And there was yet another battel in Gob with the Philiſtíms, where Elhanáh the ſonne of Iaare-oregím, a Bethlelemite ſlewe p Goliáth the Gittite: the ſtaffe of whoſe ſpeare was like a weauers beame.
20.Afterwarde there was alſo a battel in Gath, where was a man of a great ſtature, and had on euerie hand fix fingers, and on euerie foote fix toes, foure and twentie in nomber: who was alſo the ſonne of Harapháh.
21.And when he reuiled Iſraél, Ionathán the ſonne of * Shimá the brother of Dauid ſlewe him.
22.Theſe foure were borne to Harapháh in Gath, and dyed by the hand of Dauid and by the hands of his ſeruants.

Notes

1:".
Ebr. yeres after yere
1:".
Ebr. ſoght the face of the Lord
1:p.
A thinking to gratifie ye people, becauſe theſe were not of the ſeede of Abraham.
2:*.
Ioſh 9.19.
3:b.
Wherewith may your wrath be appeaſed, yͤ you may pray to God to remoue this plague from his people.
4:c.
Saue onely of Sauls ſtocke
6:d.
Of Sauls kinſemen.
6:e.
To pacifie yͤ Lord.
7:*.
1.Sam.18.3.
8:f.
Here Michál is named for Meráb Adriels wife as appeareth 1 Sam 18, 19. for Michál was the wife of Paltiél, 1 Sam 25.44, & neuer had childe, 2 Sam 6,23
9:".
Ebr fel
9:g.
Which was in the moneth Abib or Niſan, which conteineth parte of Marche and parte of April.
10:h.
To make her a tét, wherein ſhe prayed to God to turne away his wrath
10:i.
Becauſe drought was yͤ cauſe of this famine, God by ſending of raine ſhewed yͤ hé was pacified:
12:*.
Or, reſt.
12:*.
1.Sam. 31,10.
14:k.
For where magiſtrats ſuffre to faultes vnpuniſhed, there the plague of God lyeth vpō the land
16:l.
That is, of yͤ race of Gyāts.
16:m.
Which amount to nine pounde thre quarters.
17:n.
For the glorie and welth of the cōntrey ſtandeth in the preſeruacion of the godly magiſtrate
18:*.
Called Gézer, and Zaph is called Zippai, 1 Chro 20, 4
19:p.
That is, Lahmí the brother of Goliáth, whome Dauid ſlewe, 1 Chro 20,5
21:*.
1.Sam.16.9.