2 Samuel 21:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ let seven of his sons be handed over to us, and we will impale them before the Lord at Gibeon on the mountain of the Lord.” The king said, “I will hand them over.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Let seven men of his sons be delivered to us and we will hang them up before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, [on the mountain] of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.

Common English Bible

⁶ hand over seven of his sons to us, and we will hang them before the LORD at Gibeon on the LORD’s mountain.” “I will hand them over,” the king said.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Let seven men from his sons be given to us, so that we may crucify them to the Lord in Gibeon of Saul, formerly the chosen place of the Lord." And the king said, "I will give them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Let seven men of his children be delivered unto us, that we may crucify them to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of the Lord. And the king said: I will give them.

2 Samuel 21:6 Cross References

Genesis 40:19

within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a pole, and the birds will eat the flesh from you.”

Genesis 40:22

but the chief baker he hanged, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

2 Samuel 18:10

A man saw it and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”

2 Samuel 19:28

For all my father’s house were doomed to death before my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to appeal to the king?”

1 Chronicles 12:3

The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah of Gibeah; also Jeziel and Pelet sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu of Anathoth,

Ezra 6:11

Furthermore, I decree that, if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of the house of the perpetrator, who then shall be impaled on it. The house shall be made a dunghill.

Esther 9:10

the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not touch the plunder.

Matthew 27:5

Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.

Acts 13:21

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.

Deuteronomy 21:22

“When someone is convicted of a crime punishable by death and is executed and you hang him on a tree,

Joshua 10:26

Afterward Joshua struck them down and put them to death, and he hung them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening.

Joshua 8:29

And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.

1 Samuel 10:1

Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him; he said, “The Lord has anointed you ruler over his people Israel. You shall reign over the people of the Lord, and you will save them from the hand of their enemies all around. Now this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you ruler over his heritage:

1 Samuel 10:24

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

1 Samuel 10:26

Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went warriors whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 11:4

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the hearing of the people, and all the people wept aloud.

1 Samuel 24:21

Swear to me, therefore, by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not wipe out my name from my father’s house.”

1 Samuel 24:22

So David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.