Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
A.M.
Genesis 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt …
Genesis 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that …
Genesis 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because …
Genesis 42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his …
Genesis 43:1 And the famine was sore in the land.
Leviticus 26:19,20,26 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven …
1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said …
1 Kings 18:2 And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
2 Kings 6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged …
2 Kings 8:1 Then spoke Elisha to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, …
Jeremiah 14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
enquired [heb] sought the face, etc.
of the Lord
2 Samuel 5:19,23 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? …
Numbers 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel …
1 Samuel 23:2,4,11 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite …
Job 5:8-10 I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause…
Job 10:2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.
Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you …
Psalm 91:15 He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in …
It is
Joshua 7:1,11,12 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: …
Saul
1 Samuel 22:17-19 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and …
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
now the
Joshua 9:3-21 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to …
the Amorites The Gibeonites were Hivites, not Amorites, as appears from
Joshua 6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are …
Genesis 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the …
in his zeal
Deuteronomy 7:16 And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall …
1 Samuel 14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for you shall surely die, Jonathan.
1 Samuel 15:8,9 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed …
2 Kings 10:16,31 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they …
Luke 9:54,55 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, …
John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time comes, that …
Romans 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according …
Galatians 4:17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yes, they would exclude …
Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?
And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
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.
Let seven As God accepted the expiation here demanded, we must suppose that both the enquiry of David, and the answer of the Gibeonites, were directed by some open or secret intimation from him.
hang
2 Samuel 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled …
2 Samuel 18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw …
Genesis 40:19,22 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, …
Numbers 25:4,5 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and …
Deuteronomy 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be …
Joshua 8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon …
Joshua 10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on …
Ezra 6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let …
Esther 9:10,13,14 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, …
Matthew 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, …
in
1 Samuel 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band …
1 Samuel 11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings …
whom the Lord did choose. or, the chosen of the Lord
1 Samuel 9:16,17 To morrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of …
1 Samuel 10:1,24 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed …
Acts 13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the …
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Mephibosheth
2 Samuel 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet…
2 Samuel 9:10 You therefore, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land …
2 Samuel 16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, your are all that pertained to …
2 Samuel 19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, …
because
1 Samuel 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 20:8,15,17,42 Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought …
1 Samuel 23:18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David stayed in …
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
Rizpah
2 Samuel 3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of …
and the five sons This Adriel did not marry Michal, Saul's younger daughter, but Merab
1 Samuel 18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should …
Michael being married to David, and afterwards to Phaltiel; though it is here said {she bore} (yaledah,) not {brought up}, as falsely rendered, five sons to Adriel. Two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., however, have {Merab}, instead of {Michal}; the Syriac and Arabic have {Nadab}; and the Cahalee renders the passage thus: `And the five sons of {Merab} which Michal the daughter of Saul brought up, which she brought up, which she brought forth to Adriel the son of Barzillai.'
Michal. or, Michal's sister
1 Samuel 18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should …
brought up for [heb] bare to
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
before the Lord
2 Samuel 20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us …
2 Samuel 6:17,21 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, …
Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the …
Numbers 35:31-34 Moreover you shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, …
Deuteronomy 21:1-9 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you …
1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword has made women childless, so shall …
2 Kings 24:3,4 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this on Judah, to remove …
in the beginning This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or
Ruth 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with …
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Rizpah
2 Samuel 20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went …
2 Samuel 3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of …
took sackcloth
1 Kings 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his …
Joel 1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because …
from the
2 Samuel 20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took …
Deuteronomy 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and …
until water Some suppose that this means a providential supply of {rain}, in order to remove the famine; but from the manner in which it is introduced, it seems to denote the {autumnal} rains, which commence about October. For five months did this broken-hearted woman watch by the bodies of her sons!
Deuteronomy 11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the …
1 Kings 18:41-45 And Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is …
Jeremiah 5:24,25 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, …
Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? …
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth …
Joel 2:23 Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your …
Zechariah 10:1 Ask you of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD …
the birds
Genesis 40:19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, …
Ezekiel 39:4 You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your bands, …
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
buried
2 Samuel 3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, …
2 Samuel 4:12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off …
Zelah
Joshua 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; …
1 Samuel 10:2 When you are departed from me to day, then you shall find two men …
Zelzah
God
2 Samuel 24:25 And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings …
Exodus 32:27-29 And he said to them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Put every …
Numbers 25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of …
Joshua 7:26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones to this day. So the …
1 Kings 18:40,41 And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of …
Jeremiah 14:1-7 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth…
Joel 2:18,19 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people…
Amos 7:1-6 Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers …
Jonah 1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea …
Zechariah 6:8 Then cried he on me, and spoke to me, saying, Behold…
Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
the Philistines
2 Samuel 5:17,22 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king …
1 Chronicles 20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with …
and David waxed faint
Joshua 14:10,11 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as he said, these forty …
Psalm 71:9,18 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails…
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, …
Ecclesiastes 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong …
Isaiah 40:28-30 Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, …
Jeremiah 9:23,24 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither …
1 Peter 1:24,25 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower …
And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
of the sons
Genesis 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, …
Numbers 13:32,33 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched …
Deuteronomy 1:28 Where shall we go up? our brothers have discouraged our heart, saying, …
Deuteronomy 2:10,21 The Emims dwelled therein in times past, a people great, and many, …
Deuteronomy 3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold …
Deuteronomy 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom you know, …
1 Samuel 17:4,5 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, …
the giant. or, Rapha
2 Samuel 20:18,20 Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, …
2 Samuel 5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Genesis 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that …
whose spear [heb] the staff, or, the head
thought
1 Samuel 17:45-51 Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and …
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
Abishai
2 Samuel 20:6-10 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us …
succoured
2 Samuel 22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 144:10 It is he that gives salvation to kings: who delivers David his servant …
Thou shalt
2 Samuel 18:3 But the people answered, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, …
quench
2 Samuel 14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and …
1 Kings 11:36 And to his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have …
1 Kings 15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp …
Psalm 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp …
John 1:8,9 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light…
John 5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a …
light [heb] candle, or lamp
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
Sibbechai
1 Chronicles 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
1 Chronicles 20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with …
Saph. or, Sippai
1 Chronicles 20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with …
the giant. or, Rapha
2 Samuel 20:16,20 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray …
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
defied. or, reproached
1 Samuel 17:10,25,26,36 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give …
2 Kings 19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king …
Jonathan
1 Chronicles 27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: …
Shimeah
1 Samuel 16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither has the …
1 Samuel 17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel …
Shammah
1 Chronicles 2:13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and …
Shimma
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
