2 Samuel 21 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ

² The sovereign therefore called the Giḇ

³ So Dawiḏ

⁴ And the Giḇ

⁵ And they said to the sovereign, “The man who consumed us and plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the border of Yisra’ĕ

⁶ let seven men of his sons be given to us, and we shall hang them before יהוה  in Giḇ

⁷ But the sovereign spared Mephiḇ

⁸ And the sovereign took the two sons of Ritspah the daughter of Ayah, whom she bore to Sha’ul: Armoni and the other Mephiḇ

⁹ and gave them into the hands of the Giḇ

¹⁰ And Ritspah the daughter of Ayah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.

¹¹ And Dawiḏ

¹² And Dawiḏ

¹³ And he brought up the bones of Sha’ul and the bones of Yehonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged,

¹⁴ and buried the bones of Sha’ul and Yehonathan his son in the land of Binyamin in Tsela, in the tomb of Qish his father, and did all that the sovereign commanded. And after that Elohim heard prayer for the land.

¹⁵ And the Philistines were again fighting against Yisra’ĕ

¹⁶ and Yishbo-Benoḇ

¹⁷ But Aḇ

¹⁸ And it came to be afterward, that there was a battle again with the Philistines at Goḇ

¹⁹ And there was a battle with the Philistines again at Goḇ

²⁰ And there was a battle in Gath again, where there was a man of great height, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number. And he also was descended from the giants.

²¹ And he reproached Yisra’ĕ

²² These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of Dawiḏ