2 Samuel 21:9 - Easy To Read Version

⁹ David gave these seven men to the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites brought them to Mount Gibeah and hanged them in front of the Lord. Those seven men died together. They were put to death during the first days of harvest. This was {in the spring} at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hung them up on the hill before the Lord, and all seven perished together. They were put to death in the first days of barley harvest.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Jehovah, and they fell all seven together. And they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.

Common English Bible

⁹ and he handed them over to the Gibeonites. They hanged them on the mountain before the LORD. The seven of them died at the same time. They were executed in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites. And they crucified them on a hill in the sight of the Lord. And these seven fell together in the first days of the harvest, when the barley is beginning to be reaped.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And gave them into the hands of the Gabaonites. And they crucified them on a hill before the Lord: and these seven died together in the first days of the harvest, when the barley began to be reaped.

2 Samuel 21:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:6

Give us seven of Saul’s sons. Saul was the Lord’s chosen king. So we will hang his sons in front of the Lord on Mount Gibeah of Saul.”

2 Samuel 6:17

David put up a tent for the Holy Box. [47] The Israelites put the Lord’s Holy Box in its place under the tent. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord.

2 Samuel 6:21

Then David said to Michal, “The Lord chose me, not your father or any person from his family. The Lord chose me to be leader of his people, the Israelites. So I will continue dancing and celebrating in front of the Lord.

Exodus 20:5

Don’t worship or serve idols of any kind. Why? Because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. [125] People who sin against me become my enemies. And I will punish those people. And I will punish their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren.

Exodus 9:31

The flax had already developed its seeds. And the barley was already blooming. So these plants were destroyed.

Exodus 9:32

But the wheat and spelt ripen later than the other grains, so these plants were not destroyed.

Numbers 25:4

The Lord said to Moses, “Get all the leaders of these people. Then kill them so that all the people can see. [311] Lay their bodies before the Lord. Then the Lord will not show his anger against all the people of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 21:22

“A person might be guilty of a sin that must be punished by death. After he is killed, people might hang his body on a tree.

Ruth 1:22

So Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth (the woman from Moab) came back from the hill country of Moab. These two women came to Bethlehem, Judah at the beginning of the barley harvest.

1 Samuel 15:33

But Samuel said to Agag, “Your sword took babies from their mothers. So now, your mother will have no children.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.