1 There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, "It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death."

2 The king called the Gibeonites and said to 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 to them; and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah); 3 and David said to the Gibeonites, "What should I do for you? And with what should I make atonement, that you may bless Yahweh’s inheritance?"

4 The Gibeonites said to him, "It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel."

He said, "I will do for you whatever you say."

5 They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and who plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, 6 let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh."

The king said, "I will give them."

7 But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Yahweh’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 bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. 9 He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites; and they hanged them on the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.

10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them from the sky. She allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night. 11 David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 So 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 street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them in the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa; 13 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. They also gathered the bones of those who were hanged. 14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer for the land.

15 The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint; 16 and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought he would kill David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "Don’t go out with us to battle any more, so that you don’t quench the lamp of Israel."

18 After this, there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant. 19 There was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 20 There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on every hand and six toes on every foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was born to the giant. 21 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

1 Houve nos dias de Davi uma fome de três anos consecutivos; e Davi consultou a Jeová. Jeová disse: Há sangue sobre Saul e sobre a sua casa, porque matou os gibeonitas.

2 Chamou o rei aos gibeonitas e disse-lhes (ora os gibeonitas não eram dos filhos de Israel, mas do resto dos amorreus; e os filhos de Israel se tinham ligado a eles por juramento; Saul, porém, procurou feri-los no seu zelo pelos filhos de Israel e de Judá),

3 sim, Davi perguntou-lhes: Que quereis que eu vos faça? com que farei expiação, para que abençoeis a herança de Jeová?

4 Responderam-lhe os gibeonitas: Não é por prata nem por ouro que temos questão com Saul ou com a sua casa; nem pretendemos tirar a vida a homem algum em Israel. Davi disse: O que vós disserdes, isso vos farei.

5 Responderam ao rei: Quanto ao homem que nos consumiu e pensou em nos destruir, para que não ficássemos em qualquer termo de Israel,

6 dêem-se-nos sete de seus filhos, para que os enforquemos a Jeová em Gibeá de Saul, o eleito de Jeová. Disse o rei: Eu os darei.

7 O rei, porém, poupou a Mefibosete, filho de Jônatas, filho de Saul, por causa do juramento de Jeová que havia entre eles, a saber, entre Davi e Jônatas, filho de Saul.

8 Mas o rei tomou os dois filhos de Rispa, filha de Aiá, Armoni e Mefibosete, os quais houvera de Saul, também os cinco filhos de Merabe, filha de Saul, que ela deu à luz a Adriel, filho de Barzilai meolatita,

9 e entregou-os nas mãos dos gibeonitas, que os enforcaram no monte diante de Jeová, e todos os sete caíram juntos. Foram mortos nos dias da ceifa, nos primeiros dias, no princípio da ceifa da cevada.

10 Rispa, filha de Aiá, tomou um pano de cilício, e estendeu-o para si sobre uma pedra, desde o princípio da ceifa até que a água caiu do céu sobre eles; não deixou aproximar-se deles as aves de dia, nem as feras de noite.

11 Foi contado a Davi o que fizera Rispa, filha de Aiá e concubina de Saul.

12 Foi Davi e tomou os ossos de Saul e os ossos de Jônatas aos homens de Jabes-Gileade, que os tinham roubado da praça de Bate-Sã, na qual os filisteus os tinham pendurado no dia em que mataram a Saul em Gilboa.

13 Dali trouxe Davi os ossos de Saul e os de seu filho Jônatas; e recolheram os ossos dos que foram enforcados.

14 Enterraram os ossos de Saul e de seu filho Jônatas na terra de Benjamim, em Zela, na sepultura de Quis seu pai. Fizeram tudo o que o rei ordenara. Depois disto Deus se tornou propício para com a terra.

15 De novo fizeram os filisteus guerra contra Israel. Desceu Davi com os seus servos, e pelejaram contra os filisteus. Ficando Davi muito fatigado,

16 Isbi-Benobe, que era dos filhos do gigante, cuja lança pesava trezentos siclos de cobre, e que cingia uma espada nova, intentou matá-lo.

17 Abisai, porém, filho de Zeruia, socorreu-o, feriu ao filisteu e matou-o. Então os homens de Davi lhe juraram, dizendo: Não tornarás a sair conosco à batalha, para que não apagues a lâmpada de Israel.

18 Depois disto houve ainda em Gobe uma guerra contra os filisteus; então Sibecai husatita matou a Safe, que era dos filhos do gigante.

19 Houve ainda em Gobe mais uma guerra contra os filisteus; e Elanã, filho de Jaaré-Oregim, belemita, matou a Golias geteu, de cuja lança a haste era como órgão de tecelão.

20 De novo houve guerra em Gate, onde estava um homem de grande estatura, o qual tinha seis dedos em cada mão, e em cada pé seis dedos, vinte e quatro ao todo. Este também nasceu gigante.

21 Quando ele injuriava a Israel, tirou-lhe a vida Jônatas, filho de Simei, irmão de Davi.

22 Estes quatro nasceram ao gigante em Gate; e caíram pela mão de Davi e pela mão dos seus servos.