2 Samuel 21
1 and to be famine in/on/with day David three year year after year and to seek David [obj] face LORD and to say LORD to(wards) Saul and to(wards) house: household [the] blood upon which to die [obj] [the] Gibeonite
During the time that David [ruled], there was a famine [in Israel] for three years. David prayed to Yahweh about it. And Yahweh said, “[In order for the famine to end], Saul’s family needs to be punished [MTY] because Saul killed many people from Gibeon [city].”
2 and to call: call to [the] king to/for Gibeonite and to say to(wards) them and [the] Gibeonite not from son: descendant/people Israel they(masc.) that if: except if: except from remainder [the] Amorite and son: descendant/people Israel to swear to/for them and to seek Saul to/for to smite them in/on/with be jealous he to/for son: descendant/people Israel and Judah
The people of Gibeon were not Israelis; they were a small group of the Amor people-group whom the Israelis had solemnly promised to protect. But Saul had tried to kill all of them because he (was very zealous/wanted very much) to enable the people of Judah and Israel [to be the only ones living in that land]. So the king summoned the leaders of Gibeon
3 and to say David to(wards) [the] Gibeonite what? to make: do to/for you and in/on/with what? to atone and to bless [obj] inheritance LORD
and said to them, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends/up for what was done to your people, in order that you will bless us who belong to Yahweh?”
4 and to say to/for him [the] Gibeonite nothing (to/for us *Q(K)*) silver: money and gold with Saul and with house: household his and nothing to/for us man to/for to die in/on/with Israel and to say what? you(m. p.) to say to make: do to/for you
They replied, “You cannot settle our quarrel with Saul and his family by giving us silver or gold. And we do not have the right to kill any Israelis.” So David asked, “Then/So what do you say that I should do for you?”
5 and to say to(wards) [the] king [the] man which to end: destroy us and which to resemble to/for us to destroy from to stand in/on/with all border: area Israel
They replied, “Saul [wanted to] get rid of us. He wanted to annihilate/kill all of us, in order that none of us would live anywhere in Israel.
6 (to give: give *Q(K)*) to/for us seven human from son: descendant/people his and to dislocate/hang them to/for LORD in/on/with Gibeah Saul chosen LORD and to say [the] king I to give: give
Hand over to us seven of Saul’s descendants. We will hang them where Yahweh is worshiped in Gibeon, our town, the town where Saul, whom Yahweh previously chose to be king, lived.” The king replied, “Okay, I will hand them over to you.”
7 and to spare [the] king upon Mephibosheth Mephibosheth son: child Jonathan son: child Saul upon oath LORD which between them between David and between Jonathan son: child Saul
The king did not hand over to them Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth, because of what he and [Mephibosheth’s father] Jonathan had solemnly promised to each other.
8 and to take: take [the] king [obj] two son: child Rizpah daughter Aiah which to beget to/for Saul [obj] Armoni and [obj] Mephibosheth and [obj] five son: child Merab daughter Saul which to beget to/for Adriel son: child Barzillai [the] Meholathite
Instead, he took Armoni and another man named Mephibosheth, the two sons that Saul’s slave wife Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth to, and the five sons that Saul’s daughter Merab had given birth to. Merab’s husband was Adriel, the son of a man named Barzillai from Meholah [town].
9 and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power [the] Gibeonite and to dislocate/hang them in/on/with mountain: mount to/for face: before LORD and to fall: kill (seven their *Q(K)*) unitedness (and they(masc.) *Q(k)*) to die in/on/with day harvest in/on/with first (in/on/with beginning *Q(K)*) harvest barley
David handed those men over to the men from Gibeon. Then they hanged those seven men on a hill where they worshiped Yahweh. They were all killed during the time of the year that the people started to harvest the barley.
10 and to take: take Rizpah daughter Aiah [obj] [the] sackcloth and to stretch him to/for her to(wards) [the] rock from beginning harvest till to pour water upon them from [the] heaven and not to give: allow bird [the] heaven to/for to rest upon them by day and [obj] living thing [the] land: country night
Then Rizpah took coarse cloth made from goats’ hair, and spread it on the rock [where the corpses lay]. She stayed there from the time that people started to harvest the barley until the rains started. She did not allow any birds to come near the corpses during the day, and she did not allow any animals to come near during the night.
11 and to tell to/for David [obj] which to make: do Rizpah daughter Aiah concubine Saul
When someone told David what Rizpah had done,
12 and to go: went David and to take: take [obj] bone Saul and [obj] bone Jonathan son: child his from with master: men Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead which to steal [obj] them from street/plaza Beth-shean Beth-shean which (to hang them there [to] Philistine *Q(K)*) in/on/with day to smite Philistine [obj] Saul in/on/with Gilboa
he went with some of his servants to Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. The people of Jabesh had stolen their bones from the (plaza/public square) in Beth-Shan [city], where the men from Philistia had hanged them previously, on the day that they had killed Saul and Jonathan on Gilboa [Mountain].
13 and to ascend: establish from there [obj] bone Saul and [obj] bone Jonathan son: child his and to gather [obj] bone [the] to dislocate/hang
David and his men took the bones of Saul and Jonathan, and they also took the bones of the seven men [from Gibeon] whom the men from Philistia had hanged.
14 and to bury [obj] bone Saul and Jonathan son: child his in/on/with land: country/planet Benjamin in/on/with Zela in/on/with grave Kish father his and to make: do all which to command [the] king and to pray God to/for land: country/planet after so
They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in Zela [town] in the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin. Doing all that the king commanded, they buried their bones in the tomb where Saul’s father Kish [was buried]. After that, [because] God [saw that Saul’s family had been punished to pay for Saul’s murder of many people from Gibeon, he] answered the Israelis’ prayers for their land, and caused the famine to end.
15 and to be still battle to/for Philistine with Israel and to go down David and servant/slave his with him and to fight with Philistine and be faint David
The army of Philistia again started to fight against the army of Israel. And David and his soldiers went to fight the Philistines. During the battle, David became weary.
16 (and Ishbi-benob *Q(K)*) Ishbi-benob which in/on/with born [the] Rapha and weight spear his three hundred weight bronze and he/she/it to gird new and to say to/for to smite [obj] David
One of the Philistia men thought that he could kill David. His name was Ishbi-Benob. He was a descendant of [a group of] giants. He carried a bronze spear that weighed about (7-1/2 pounds/3-1/2 kg.), and he also had a new sword.
17 and to help to/for him Abishai son: child Zeruiah and to smite [obj] [the] Philistine and to die him then to swear human David to/for him to/for to say not to come out: come still with us to/for battle and not to quench [obj] lamp Israel
But Abishai came to help David, and attacked the giant and killed him. Then David’s soldiers forced him to promise that he would not go with them into a battle again. They said to him, “[If you die, and none of your descendants become king, that would be like] [MET] extinguishing the last light in Israel.”
18 and to be after so and to be still [the] battle in/on/with Gob with Philistine then to smite Sibbecai [the] Hushathite [obj] Saph which in/on/with born [the] Rapha
Some time after that, there was a battle with the army of Philistia near Gob [village]. During the battle, Sibbecai, from [the] Hushah [clan], killed Saph, one of the descendants of the Rapha giants.
19 and to be still [the] battle in/on/with Gob with Philistine and to smite Elhanan son: child Jaare-oregim Jaare-oregim Bethlehemite [the] Bethlehemite [obj] Goliath [the] Gittite and tree: stake spear his like/as loom-beam to weave
[Later] there was another battle with the army of Philistia at Gob. During that battle, Elhanan, the son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem, killed [the brother of] Goliath from Gath [city]; Goliath’s spear shaft/handle was (very thick, like the bar on a weaver’s loom/over two inches thick).
20 and to be still battle in/on/with Gath and to be man (stature *Q(K)*) and finger hand his and finger foot his six and six twenty and four number and also he/she/it to beget to/for [the] Rapha
Later there was another battle near Gath. There was a (huge man/giant) there who liked to fight [in battles]. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from [the] Rapha [giants].
21 and to taunt [obj] Israel and to smite him Jonathan son: child (Shimeah *Q(K)*) brother: male-sibling David
But when he (made fun of/ridiculed) the men in the Israeli [army], Jonathan, the son of David’s [older] brother Shimeah, killed him.
22 [obj] four these to beget to/for [the] Rapha in/on/with Gath and to fall: kill in/on/with hand: power David and in/on/with hand: power servant/slave his
Those four men were some of the descendants of the Rapha giants who had lived in Gath, who were killed [MTY] by David and his soldiers.
