Then he gavethem into the handsof the Gibeonites,and they hangedthem in the mountainbeforethe LORD,so that the sevenof them felltogether;and they were putto deathin the firstdaysof harvestat the beginningof barleyharvest.
let sevenmenfrom his sonsbe givento us, and we will hangthem before the LORDin Gibeahof Saul,the chosenof the LORD."And the kingsaid,"I will give[them]."
So they broughtin the arkof the LORDand setit in its placeinsidethe tentwhichDavidhad pitchedfor it; and Davidofferedburntofferingsand peaceofferingsbeforethe LORD.
So Davidsaidto Michal,"[It was] beforethe LORD,whochoseme aboveyour fatherand aboveallhis house,to appointme ruleroverthe peopleof the LORD,overIsrael;therefore I will celebratebeforethe LORD.
"You shall not worshipthem or servethem; for I, the LORDyour God,am a jealousGod,visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the children,on the thirdand the fourthgenerations of those who hateMe,
(Now the flaxand the barleywere ruined,for the barleywas in the earand the flaxwas in bud.
But the wheatand the speltwere not ruined,for they [ripen] late.)
The LORDsaidto Moses,"Takeallthe leadersof the peopleand executethem in broaddaylightbefore the LORD,so that the fierceangerof the LORDmay turnawayfrom Israel."
"Ifa manhas committeda sinworthyof deathand he is putto death,and you hanghim on a tree,
So Naomireturned,and with her Ruththe Moabitess,her daughter-in-law,who returnedfrom the landof Moab.And they cameto Bethlehemat the beginningof barleyharvest.
But Samuelsaid,"As your swordhas madewomenchildless,soshall your motherbe childlessamongwomen."And SamuelhewedAgagto piecesbeforethe LORDat Gilgal.
