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2 Samuel 21:6

let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” The king said, “I will give them.”

American Standard Version

let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let seuen men of his sonnes be deliuered vnto vs, and we will hang them vp vnto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lordes chosen. And the King said, I will giue them.

Darby Translation

let seven men of his sons be given up to us, and we will hang them up to Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give [them].

Young's Literal Translation

let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before Jehovah, in the height of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah.' And the king saith, 'I do give;'

Bible in Basic English

Let seven men of his family be given up to us and we will put an end to them by hanging them before the Lord in Gibeon, on the hill of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.

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Cross references

“hang”

2 Samuel 17:23 2 Samuel 18:10 Genesis 40:19 Genesis 40:22 Deuteronomy 21:22 Joshua 8:29

2 Samuel 17:23 · BSB

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Samuel 18:10 · BSB

When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

Genesis 40:19 · BSB

Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

Genesis 40:22 · BSB

But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

Deuteronomy 21:22 · BSB

If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

Joshua 8:29 · BSB

He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks,…

“in”

1 Samuel 10:26 1 Samuel 11:4

1 Samuel 10:26 · BSB

Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.

1 Samuel 11:4 · BSB

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

“whom the Lord did choose”

1 Samuel 10:24 1 Samuel 10:1 Acts 13:21 1 Samuel 9:16 1 Samuel 9:17

1 Samuel 10:24 · BSB

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

1 Samuel 10:1 · BSB

Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

Acts 13:21 · BSB

Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

1 Samuel 9:16 · BSB

“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because…

1 Samuel 9:17 · BSB

When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,

7Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

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