2 Samuel 21:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.” King David said, “All right, I will give them to you.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 10:24

Samuel said to all the people, “See the man the Lord has chosen. There is no one like Saul among the people.” Then the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

1 Samuel 11:4

The messengers came to Gibeah where Saul lived. They told the news to the people. The people cried loudly.

1 Samuel 10:26

Saul also went to his home in Gibeah. God touched the hearts of brave men who then began to follow Saul.

Acts 13:21

Then the people asked for a king. God gave them Saul, the son of Kish. Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin. He was king for 40 years.

Matthew 27:5

So Judas threw the money into the Temple. Then he went out from there and hanged himself.

Esther 9:10

These men were the ten sons of Haman. Haman son of Hammedatha was the enemy of the Jews. The Jews killed all the men, but they didn’t take anything that belonged to them.

Ezra 6:11

Also, I give this order: If anyone changes this order, a wooden beam must be pulled from their house and pushed through their body. Then their house must be destroyed until it is only a pile of rocks.

2 Samuel 18:10

Someone saw this happen and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that the Israelites did not do what he suggested, he saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. He made plans for his family and then hanged himself. They buried him in his father’s tomb.

1 Samuel 10:1

Samuel took a jar of the special oil and poured the oil on Saul’s head. Samuel kissed Saul and said, “The Lord has anointed you to be the leader over the people who belong to him. You will control the people. You will save them from the enemies that are all around them. He has anointed you to be ruler over his people. Here is a sign that will prove this is true:

Joshua 10:26

Then Joshua killed the five kings and hanged their bodies on five trees. He left them hanging in the trees until evening.

Joshua 8:29

Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left him hanging there until evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king’s body down from the tree. They threw his body down at the city gate. Then they covered the body with many rocks. That pile of rocks is still there today.

Deuteronomy 21:22

“A man might be guilty of a sin that must be punished by death. People might kill him and hang his body on a tree.

Genesis 40:22

But Pharaoh hanged the baker, and everything happened the way Joseph said it would.

Genesis 40:19

Before the end of three days, the king will take you out of this prison and cut off your head! He will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat it.”

1 Samuel 24:21

Now make a promise to me with an oath using the Lord’s name. Promise that you will not kill my descendants, even after I die. Promise me that you will not erase my name from my father’s family.”

2 Samuel 19:28

You could have killed all my grandfather’s family, but you did not do that. Instead, you included me among the people who eat at your own table. So I don’t have a right to complain to the king about anything.”

1 Samuel 24:22

So David made a promise to Saul. He promised that he would not kill Saul’s family. Then Saul went back home. David and his men went back up to the fort.

1 Chronicles 12:3

Ahiezer, their leader, and Joash (sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite); Jeziel and Pelet (sons of Azmaveth); Beracah and Jehu from the town of Anathoth;