2 Samuel 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Context
This verse from 2 Samuel Chapter 21 connects to 10 cross-references. A three-year famine is attributed to Saul's breaking of a treaty with the Gibeonites; David gives seven of Saul's male descendants to the Gibeonites, who execute them on the mountain before God. Rizpah, the mother of two of the executed …
Other Translations
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, `For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.'
In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.
Cross References
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And the famine was sore in the land.
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