2 Samuel · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
2 Samuel 21 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, [There is] guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he slew the Gibeonites.
1 There was a famine in the days of David for 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 the Gibeonites to death.”
2 And King David called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites are not the children of Israel, but [are] of the remnant of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)
2 The king called the Gibeonites and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
3 And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do to you? and wherewithal shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
3 and David said to the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? And with what should I make atonement, that you may bless Yahweh’s inheritance?”
4 And the Gibeonites said to him, We have no [question about] silver or gold with Saul and with his house; and there is no man for us to put to death in Israel.
4 The Gibeonites said to him, “It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” He said, “I will do for you whatever you say.”
5 And he said, What say ye? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel.
5 They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and who plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
6 Let one give us seven men of his sons, and let us hang them up in the sun to the Lord in Gibeon of Saul, as chosen out for the Lord. And the king said, I will give [them].
6 let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh.” The king said, “I will give them.”
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Yahweh’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
9 And he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them up to the sun in the mountain before the Lord: and they fell, even the seven together: moreover they were put to death in the days of harvest at the commencement, in the beginning of barley harvest.
9 He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites; and they hanged them on the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them from the sky. She allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done, and they were faint, and Dan the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.
11 David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabesh-gilead, who stole them from the street of Beth-shan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines smote Saul in Gilboa.
12 So David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them in the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa;
13 And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged.
13 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. They also gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
14 And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulcher of Kish his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God hearkened to [the prayers of] the land.
14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer for the land.
15 And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went.
15 The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
16 And Ishbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear [was] three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girded with a club, even he thought to smite David.
16 and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought he would kill David.
17 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “Don’t go out with us to battle any more, so that you don’t quench the lamp of Israel.”
18 And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Gath: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph of the progeny of Rapha.
18 After this, there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
19 And there was a battle in Gob with the Philistines; and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite slew Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear [was] as a weaver’s beam.
19 There was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20 And there was yet a battle in Gath: and there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet [were] six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha.
20 There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on every hand and six toes on every foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was born to the giant.
21 And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimei brother of David, smote him.
21 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
22 These four were born descendants of the giants in Gath, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Adriel
Adriel of Meholah, son of Barzillai the Meholathite, who received Saul's daughter Merab in marriage and fathered five sons who were handed over to the Gibeonites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 21:8
Aiah
Named as the father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 21:8
Armoni
One of the two sons Rizpah bore to Saul, handed over by David to the Gibeonites and hanged.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:8
Barzillai
Called Barzillai the Meholathite, the father of Adriel who married Saul's daughter Merab.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:8
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Elhanan
Elhanan son of Jair, a Bethlehemite, who in a battle with the Philistines at Gob killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5
Jair
Named as the father of Elhanan the Bethlehemite, who killed Goliath's brother.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5
Jonathan
A son of David's brother Shimei, who killed the six-fingered descendant of Rapha who taunted Israel at Gath.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:21; 1 Chronicles 20:7
Mephibosheth
One of the two sons Rizpah bore to Saul, handed over by David to the Gibeonites and hanged with his brother Armoni and five sons of Merab.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:8
Rizpah
Saul's concubine, the daughter of Aiah, who bore Saul two sons and, after they were hanged by the Gibeonites, guarded their bodies from the birds and beasts from the harvest until…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 21:8; 2 Samuel 21:10
Saph
One of the descendants of Rapha, killed by Sibbecai the Hushathite in a battle with the Philistines at Gob.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:18; 1 Chronicles 20:4
Sibbecai
Sibbecai the Hushathite, who killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha, in a battle with the Philistines at Gob. 1 Chronicles 11:29 lists Sibbecai where 2 Samuel 23:27 reads…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:18; 2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 11:29
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 7:11–12; Genesis 26:1; Genesis 12:10; 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Kings 18:2
- 2 Joshua 9:3–21; 2 Kings 10:31; 1 Samuel 15:8–9; Romans 10:2; 2 Kings 10:16
- 3 Hebrews 9:22; 2 Samuel 20:19; 1 Samuel 26:19; Micah 6:6–7; Hebrews 10:4–12
- 4 1 Peter 1:18–19; Psalm 49:6–8
- 5 2 Samuel 21:1; Matthew 7:2; Daniel 9:26; Esther 9:24–25
- 6 1 Samuel 10:24; Numbers 25:4–5; 1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 11:4; 2 Samuel 18:10
- 7 1 Samuel 23:18; 1 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 4:4; 1 Samuel 20:15; 1 Samuel 20:8
- 8 1 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 3:7
- 9 Ruth 1:22; Deuteronomy 21:1–9; Numbers 35:31–34; 2 Samuel 21:6; 2 Kings 24:3–4
- 10 Deuteronomy 21:23; 2 Samuel 3:7; 1 Kings 18:41–45; Joel 2:23; 1 Kings 21:27
- 11 2 Samuel 2:4; Ruth 2:11–12
- 12 1 Samuel 31:10–13; Joshua 17:11; 1 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Samuel 1:21; 1 Samuel 28:4
- 14 Joshua 18:28; 2 Samuel 24:25; Joshua 7:26; Zechariah 6:8; 2 Samuel 3:32
- 15 Joshua 14:10–11; Psalm 71:9; 2 Samuel 5:17; 2 Samuel 5:25; Ecclesiastes 12:3
- 16 2 Samuel 21:20; 2 Samuel 21:18; Deuteronomy 9:2; Deuteronomy 3:11; 2 Samuel 5:18
- 17 1 Kings 11:36; 2 Samuel 18:3; Psalm 132:17; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Samuel 14:7
- 18 1 Chronicles 11:29; 2 Samuel 21:20; 1 Chronicles 27:11; 2 Samuel 21:16; 2 Samuel 21:22
- 19 1 Chronicles 20:5; 1 Samuel 17:4–11; 1 Chronicles 11:26
- 20 2 Samuel 21:18; 2 Samuel 21:16; 1 Chronicles 20:6
- 21 1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 17:10; 1 Samuel 17:25–26; 1 Samuel 17:3
- 22 1 Chronicles 20:8; Romans 8:31; Jeremiah 9:23; Joshua 14:12; Ecclesiastes 9:11
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences