2 Samuel 21
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1There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the LORD about it. And the LORD said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”1וַיְהִ֣י רָעָב֩ בִּימֵ֨י דָוִ֜ד שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים שָׁנָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י שָׁנָ֔ה וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ דָּוִ֖ד אֶת־ פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה ס וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־ שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶל־ בֵּ֣ית הַדָּמִ֔ים עַל־ אֲשֶׁר־ הֵמִ֖ית אֶת־ הַגִּבְעֹנִֽים׃
2So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.2וַיִּקְרָ֥א הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְהַגִּבְעֹנִ֞ים לֹ֣א מִבְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הֵ֗מָּה כִּ֚י אִם־ מִיֶּ֣תֶר הָאֱמֹרִ֔י וּבְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נִשְׁבְּע֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם וַיְבַקֵּ֤שׁ שָׁאוּל֙ לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹ לִבְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וִיהוּדָֽה׃
3David asked them, “What can I do for you? How can I make amends so that you will bless the LORD’s people again?”3וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־ הַגִּבְעֹנִ֔ים מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לָכֶ֑ם וּבַמָּ֣ה אֲכַפֵּ֔ר וּבָרְכ֖וּ אֶת־ נַחֲלַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃
4“Well, money can’t settle this matter between us and the family of Saul,” the Gibeonites replied. “Neither can we demand the life of anyone in Israel.” “What can I do then?” David asked. “Just tell me and I will do it for you.”4וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים אֵֽין־ [לי] (לָ֜נוּ) כֶּ֤סֶף וְזָהָב֙ עִם־ שָׁא֣וּל וְעִם־ בֵּית֔וֹ וְאֵֽין־ לָ֥נוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְהָמִ֣ית בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֛אמֶר מָֽה־ אַתֶּ֥ם אֹמְרִ֖ים אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃
5Then they replied, “It was Saul who planned to destroy us, to keep us from having any place at all in the territory of Israel.5וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר כִּלָּ֔נוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּמָּה־ לָ֑נוּ נִשְׁמַ֕דְנוּ מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב בְּכָל־ גְּבֻ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
6So let seven of Saul’s sons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD at Gibeon, on the mountain of the LORD. ” “All right,” the king said, “I will do it.”6[ינתן־] (יֻתַּן־) לָ֜נוּ שִׁבְעָ֤ה אֲנָשִׁים֙ מִבָּנָ֔יו וְהוֹקַֽעֲנוּם֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּגִבְעַ֥ת שָׁא֖וּל בְּחִ֣יר יְהוָ֑ה ס וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲנִ֥י אֶתֵּֽן׃
7The king spared Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth, who was Saul’s grandson, because of the oath David and Jonathan had sworn before the LORD.7וַיַּחְמֹ֣ל הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַל־ מְפִי־ בֹ֖שֶׁת בֶּן־ יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בֶּן־ שָׁא֑וּל עַל־ שְׁבֻעַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֵּֽינֹתָ֔ם בֵּ֣ין דָּוִ֔ד וּבֵ֖ין יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן בֶּן־ שָׁאֽוּל׃
8But he gave them Saul’s two sons Armoni and Mephibosheth, whose mother was Rizpah daughter of Aiah. He also gave them the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab, the wife of Adriel son of Barzillai from Meholah.8וַיִּקַּ֣ח הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־ שְׁ֠נֵי בְּנֵ֨י רִצְפָּ֤ה בַת־ אַיָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָלְדָ֣ה לְשָׁא֔וּל אֶת־ אַרְמֹנִ֖י וְאֶת־ מְפִבֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֶת־ חֲמֵ֗שֶׁת בְּנֵי֙ מִיכַ֣ל בַּת־ שָׁא֔וּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלְדָ֛ה לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־ בַּרְזִלַּ֖י הַמְּחֹלָתִֽי׃
9The men of Gibeon executed them on the mountain before the LORD. So all seven of them died together at the beginning of the barley harvest.9וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞ם בְּיַ֣ד הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים וַיֹּקִיעֻ֤ם בָּהָר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְּל֥וּ [שבעתים] (שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם) יָ֑חַד [והם] (וְהֵ֨מָּה) הֻמְת֜וּ בִּימֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ בָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים [תחלת] (בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת‪‬) קְצִ֥יר שְׂעֹרִֽים׃
10Then Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the mother of two of the men, spread burlap on a rock and stayed there the entire harvest season. She prevented the scavenger birds from tearing at their bodies during the day and stopped wild animals from eating them at night.10וַתִּקַּ֣ח רִצְפָּה֩ בַת־ אַיָּ֨ה אֶת־ הַשַּׂ֜ק וַתַּטֵּ֨הוּ לָ֤הּ אֶל־ הַצּוּר֙ מִתְּחִלַּ֣ת קָצִ֔יר עַ֛ד נִתַּךְ־ מַ֥יִם עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מִן־ הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְלֹֽא־ נָתְנָה֩ ע֨וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם לָנ֤וּחַ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְאֶת־ חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לָֽיְלָה׃
11When David learned what Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,11וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לְדָוִ֑ד אֵ֧ת אֲשֶׁר־ עָשְׂתָ֛ה רִצְפָּ֥ה בַת־ אַיָּ֖ה פִּלֶ֥גֶשׁ שָׁאֽוּל׃
12he went to the people of Jabesh-gilead and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. (When the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa, the people of Jabesh-gilead stole their bodies from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them.)12וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־ עַצְמ֤וֹת שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶת־ עַצְמוֹת֙ יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֔וֹ מֵאֵ֕ת בַּעֲלֵ֖י יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד אֲשֶׁר֩ גָּנְב֨וּ אֹתָ֜ם מֵרְחֹ֣ב בֵּֽית־ שַׁ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר [תלום] (תְּלָא֥וּם) [שם] [הפלשתים] (שָׁ֙מָּה֙) (פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים) בְּי֨וֹם הַכּ֧וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים אֶת־ שָׁא֖וּל בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃
13So David obtained the bones of Saul and Jonathan, as well as the bones of the men the Gibeonites had executed.13וַיַּ֤עַל מִשָּׁם֙ אֶת־ עַצְמ֣וֹת שָׁא֔וּל וְאֶת־ עַצְמ֖וֹת יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֑וֹ וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ אֶת־ עַצְמ֖וֹת הַמּוּקָעִֽים׃
14Then the king ordered that they bury the bones in the tomb of Kish, Saul’s father, at the town of Zela in the land of Benjamin. After that, God ended the famine in the land. Battles against Philistine Giants14וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֶת־ עַצְמוֹת־ שָׁא֣וּל וִיהוֹנָֽתָן־ בְּ֠נוֹ בְּאֶ֨רֶץ בִּנְיָמִ֜ן בְּצֵלָ֗ע בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙ קִ֣ישׁ אָבִ֔יו וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־ צִוָּ֖ה הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֵּעָתֵ֧ר אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָאָ֖רֶץ אַֽחֲרֵי־ כֵֽן׃ פ
15Once again the Philistines were at war with Israel. And when David and his men were in the thick of battle, David became weak and exhausted.15וַתְּהִי־ ע֧וֹד מִלְחָמָ֛ה לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֨רֶד דָּוִ֜ד וַעֲבָדָ֥יו עִמּ֛וֹ וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּ אֶת־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיָּ֥עַף דָּוִֽד׃
16Ishbi-benob was a descendant of the giants ; his bronze spearhead weighed more than seven pounds, and he was armed with a new sword. He had cornered David and was about to kill him.16[וישבו] (וְיִשְׁבִּ֨י) בְּנֹ֜ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ בִּילִידֵ֣י הָרָפָ֗ה וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל קֵינוֹ֙ שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְה֖וּא חָג֣וּר חֲדָשָׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְהַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־ דָּוִֽד׃
17But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David’s men declared, “You are not going out to battle with us again! Why risk snuffing out the light of Israel?”17וַיַּֽעֲזָר־ לוֹ֙ אֲבִישַׁ֣י בֶּן־ צְרוּיָ֔ה וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ אָ֣ז נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁי־ דָוִ֨ד ל֜וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹא־ תֵצֵ֨א ע֤וֹד אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תְכַבֶּ֖ה אֶת־ נֵ֥ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ
18After this, there was another battle against the Philistines at Gob. As they fought, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph, another descendant of the giants.18וַֽיְהִי֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־ כֵ֔ן וַתְּהִי־ ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים אָ֣ז הִכָּ֗ה סִבְּכַי֙ הַחֻ֣שָׁתִ֔י אֶת־ סַ֕ף אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּילִדֵ֥י הָרָפָֽה׃ פ
19During another battle at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam!19וַתְּהִי־ ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּ֡ךְ אֶלְחָנָן֩ בֶּן־ יַעְרֵ֨י אֹרְגִ֜ים בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִ֗י אֵ֚ת גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃ ס
20In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.20וַתְּהִי־ ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י ׀ אִ֣ישׁ [מדין] (מָד֗וֹן) וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֣ת יָדָיו֩ וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֨ת רַגְלָ֜יו שֵׁ֣שׁ וָשֵׁ֗שׁ עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְאַרְבַּע֙ מִסְפָּ֔ר וְגַם־ ה֖וּא יֻלַּ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽה׃
21But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimea.21וַיְחָרֵ֖ף אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן בֶּן־ [שמעי] (שִׁמְעָ֖ה) אֲחִ֥י דָוִֽד׃
22These four Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.22אֶת־ אַרְבַּ֥עַת אֵ֛לֶּה יֻלְּד֥וּ לְהָרָפָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיִּפְּל֥וּ בְיַד־ דָּוִ֖ד וּבְיַ֥ד עֲבָדָֽיו׃ פ
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2 Samuel 20
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