1 And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for {his} house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)
3 And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?
4 And the Gibeonites said to him, As to Saul and his house, it is with us no question of receiving silver or gold, neither is it for us to have any man put to death in Israel. And he said, What ye say will I do for you.
5 And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,
6 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}.
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of {the sister of} Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;
9 and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. And they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the first days of the harvest, in the beginning of barley harvest.
10 Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them out of the heavens, and suffered neither the fowl of the heavens 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, who had stolen them from the open place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, the day the Philistines had smitten 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 they buried {them} with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And afterwards God was propitious to the land.
15 And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.
16 And Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphah-the weight of his lance was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was girded with new {armour} -thought to smite David.
17 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp 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 smote Saph, who was of the children of Raphah.
19 And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, smote Goliath the Gittite; now the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam.
20 And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man {there} of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.
21 And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.
22 These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 Houve no tempo de Davi uma fome que durou três anos seguidos. Davi consultou o Senhor e este respondeu-lhe: Há sangue sobre Saul e sobre sua família, porque matou os gabaonitas.
2 O rei chamou então os gabaonitas e falou com eles. Ora, os gabaonitas não eram filhos de Israel, mas uns restos dos amorreus, aos quais os israelitas se tinham ligado com juramento. Entretanto, Saul procurara eliminá-los, em seu zelo pelos filhos de Israel e de Judá.
3 Davi disse, pois, aos gabaonitas: Que devo fazer por vós, e que satisfação vos darei, para que abençoeis a herança do Senhor?
4 Os gabaonitas responderam: Não é questão de prata e ouro a nossa questão com Saul e sua família; e não pretendemos matar ninguém em Israel Farei o que disserdes, disse Davi.
5 Eles responderam ao rei: Do homem que nos esmagou e quis aniquilar-nos para apagar-nos da terra de Israel,
6 sejam-nos entregues sete dos seus filhos, para os enforcarmos diante do Senhor em Gabaon, na montanha do Senhor. Bem, disse Davi, eu os entregarei.
7 O rei poupou Mifiboset, filho de Jônatas, filho de Saul, por causa do juramento trocado entre ele e Jônatas, filho de Saul.
8 Escolheu, pois, os dois filhos que Resfa, filha de Aia, dera a Saul, Armoni e Mifiboset, e os cinco filhos que Merob, filha de Saul, dera a Hadriel, filho de Berzelai de Moola.
9 Entregou-os aos gabaonitas, que os enforcaram na montanha diante do Senhor. Pereceram todos os sete juntos nos primeiros dias da colheita da cevada.
10 Resfa, porém, filha de Aia, tomando um saco, estendeu-se sobre ele em cima de uma rocha {e ali esteve} desde o princípio da colheita da cevada até o dia em que caiu sobre eles a chuva do céu; e ela não deixou que os pássaros do céu pousassem sobre os corpos durante o dia, nem que as feras selvagens os {tocassem} durante a noite.
11 Davi, avisado do que tinha feito Resfa, filha de Aia, concubina de Saul,
12 foi e tomou os ossos de Saul e de Jônatas, seu filho, com os habitantes de Jabes, em Galaad. Esses os tinham tirado furtivamente da praça de Betsam, onde os filisteus os haviam pendurado no dia em que bateram Saul em Gelboé.
13 Trouxe, pois, de lá os ossos de Saul e de seu filho Jônatas, e mandou também recolher os ossos dos que tinham sido enforcados.
14 E os ossos de Saul e de seu filho Jônatas, assim como os dos supliciados, foram enterrados em Sela, na terra de Benjamim, no sepulcro de Cis, pai de Saul. Fizeram assim tudo o que tinha ordenado o rei, e Deus compadeceu-se da terra.
15 Houve de novo uma guerra entre os filisteus e Israel. Davi desceu com os seus homens para combatê-los. Instalaram-se em Gob e começaram a guerra contra os filisteus. Levantou-se então Dodo,
16 filho de Joás, que era um dos filhos de Rafa, trazendo uma lança que pesava trezentos siclos de bronze e cingindo na cintura uma espada nova, e declarou que ia matar Davi.
17 Mas Abisai, filho de Sarvia, veio em socorro de Davi e feriu o filisteu, matando-o. Então os homens de Davi fizeram este juramento: Tu não virás mais conosco a combate, para que não apagues o facho de Israel!
18 Depois disso, houve ainda um combate contra os filisteus em Gob, onde Sabocai, de Husa, matou Saf, um dos filhos de Rafa.
19 E recomeçando o combate contra os filisteus em Gob, Elcanã, filho de Jaare-Oreguim, de Belém, matou Golias de Get, que levava uma lança, cujo cabo era como o cilindro de tecedor.
20 Houve também um combate em Get. Encontrava-se ali um homem enorme que tinha seis dedos em cada mão e em cada pé, isto é, vinte e quatro dedos, e era também descendente de Rafa.
21 Como lançasse um desafio a Israel, prostrou-o Jônatas, filho de Sama, irmão de Davi.
22 Esses quatro homens tinham nascido da estirpe de Rafa em Get, e caíram pela mão de Davi e de seus homens.