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. 2 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.) 3 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? 4 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. 5 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, 6 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 . 7 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. 8 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: 9 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.
10 ¶ 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. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 ¶ And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 13 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. 14 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.
15 ¶ 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. 16 And Ishbi-benob, 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. 17 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. 18 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. 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 20 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. 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Gibeoniešu atriebība
1 Dāvida laikā trīs gadus no vietas bija bads. Dāvids vērsās pie Kunga, un Kungs atbildēja: “Asinis ir pār Saulu un viņa namu, jo viņš nokāvis gibeoniešus.” 2 Ķēniņš atsauca gibeoniešus un runāja ar tiem. – Gibeonieši bija nevis no Israēla dēliem, bet no atlikušajiem amoriešiem, un Sauls gribēja tos apkaut savā dedzībā par Israēla un Jūdas dēliem, lai gan israēlieši bija tiem zvērējuši. – 3 Dāvids vaicāja gibeoniešiem: “Ko lai es jums daru un kā veicu izlīgumu, lai svētītu Kunga mantojumu?” 4 Gibeonieši viņam sacīja: “Mums nevajag ne sudrabu, ne zeltu – ne no Saula, ne no viņa nama, nedz arī, lai Israēlā kāds tiktu nonāvēts.” Dāvids sacīja: “Kā jūs teiksiet, tā es darīšu.” 5 Viņi atbildēja ķēniņam: “Tā vīra dēļ, kas mūs nīdēja un gribēja mūs iznīcināt visās Israēla robežās, 6 lai mums dod septiņus no viņa dēliem, un mēs tos pakārsim Kunga priekšā – Kunga izraudzītā Saula Gibā.” Ķēniņš sacīja: “Es viņus došu.”
7 Zvēresta dēļ starp Dāvidu un Saula dēlu Jonatānu, ko tie Kungam devuši, ķēniņš saudzēja Mefībošetu, Saula dēla Jonatāna dēlu. 8 Ķēniņš izraudzīja divus Ajas meitas Ricpas dēlus – Armonī un Mefībošetu, ko viņa bija dzemdējusi Saulam, un piecus Saula meitas Mērabas dēlus, ko viņa bija dzemdējusi mehotietim Adriēlam, Barzilaja dēlam. 9 Viņš tos nodeva gibeoniešiem, un viņi tos kalnā pakāra Kunga priekšā – visi septiņi bija pagalam. Tie tika nonāvēti pļaujas laika pirmajās dienās, sākoties miežu pļaujai. 10 Ricpa, Ajas meita, ņēma maisu un paklāja uz klints. No pļaujas laika sākuma līdz laikam, kad pār tiem no debesīm sāka gāzties lietus, viņa neļāva debesu putniem uzmesties tiem nedz dienā, nedz lauka zvēriem naktī. 11 Kad Dāvidam stāstīja, ko Ricpa, Ajas meita, Saula blakussieva, ir darījusi, 12 Dāvids gāja un Jābēš-Gileādā no tās vīriem ņēma Saula un viņa dēla Jonatāna kaulus – viņi tos bija nozaguši Bēt-Šeānas laukumā, kur filistieši abus pakāra todien, kad sakāva Saulu Gibā. 13 Viņš atnesa Saula un viņa dēla Jonatāna kaulus no turienes un lika tiem blakus pakārto kaulus. 14 Saula un viņa dēla Jonatāna kaulus tie apbedīja Cēlā, Benjāmina zemē, viņa tēva Kīša kapā. Viss tika izdarīts, kā ķēniņš pavēlēja. Pēc tam Dievs apžēlojās par zemi.
Dāvida vīru varoņdarbi
(1L 20:4–8)15 Filistieši atkal sāka karu pret Israēlu, un Dāvids kopā ar saviem kalpiem devās lejā cīnīties ar filistiešiem, bet Dāvids pagura. 16 Tur bija Jišbī-Benobs, kas bija no milžu dēliem. Viņa šķēpa svars – trīs simti vara šekeļu – apjozts ar tikko kaltu zobenu, viņš teicās Dāvidu nosist. 17 Bet Abīšajs, Cerūjas dēls, Dāvidam palīdzēja – sita un nonāvēja filistieti. Tad Dāvida vīri nozvērināja viņu: “Tu nenāksi vairs ar mums karā, lai Israēla gaismeklis neapdziest!”
18 Vēlāk atkal bija karš ar filistiešiem Gobā. Tad hušātietis Sibehajs nokāva Safu, kas bija no milžu dēliem.
19 Vēl citu reizi bija karš ar filistiešiem Gobā. Betlēmes audēja Jaares dēls Elhānāns nokāva gatieti Goliātu, kam šķēpa kāts kā audēja riestava.
20 Un atkal bija karš Gatā. Tur bija kāds negants vīrs, kam rokām un kājām pa seši pirksti – divdesmit četri kopā! Arī šis bija no milžu dēliem. 21 Viņš izaicināja Israēlu, bet Jonatāns, Dāvida brāļa Šimī dēls, viņu nokāva.
22 Šie četri Gatas milžu dēli visi krita no Dāvida un viņa kalpu rokas.
