撒母耳记下 21:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

把他們交在基遍人的手裡。基遍人就在山上耶和華面前把他們處決，這七人就一同倒斃了。他們被處死的時候，正是收穫季節之初，就是開始收割大麥的時候。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
交 在 基 遍 人 的 手 里 。 基 遍 人 就 把 他 们 ， 在 耶 和 华 面 前 ， 悬 挂 在 山 上 ， 这 七 人 就 一 同 死 亡 。 被 杀 的 时 候 正 是 收 割 的 日 子 ， 就 是 动 手 割 大 麦 的 时 候 。

Contextual Overview

¹ During the time David was king, there was a shortage of food that lasted for three years. So David prayed to the Lord . The Lord answered, "Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for this shortage, because he killed the Gibeonites." ² (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites; they were a group of Amorites who were left alive. The Israelites had promised not to hurt the Gibeonites, but Saul had tried to kill them, because he was eager to help the people of Israel and Judah.) King David called the Gibeonites together and spoke to them. ³ He asked, "What can I do for you? How can I make up for the harm done so you can bless the Lord 's people?" ⁴ The Gibeonites said to David, "We cannot demand silver or gold from Saul or his family. And we don't have the right to kill anyone in Israel." Then David asked, "What do you want me to do for you?" ⁵ The Gibeonites said, "Saul made plans against us and tried to destroy all our people who are left in the land of Israel. ⁶ So bring seven of his sons to us. Then we will kill them and hang them on stakes in the presence of the Lord at Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, the Lord 's chosen king." The king said, "I will give them to you." ⁷ But the king protected Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the promise he had made to Jonathan in the Lord 's name. ⁸ The king did take Armoni and Mephibosheth, sons of Rizpah and Saul. (Rizpah was the daughter of Aiah.) And the king took the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab. (Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite was the father of Merab's five sons.) ⁹ David gave these seven sons to the Gibeonites. Then the Gibeonites killed them and hung them on stakes on a hill in the presence of the Lord . All seven sons died together. They were put to death during the first days of the harvest season at the beginning of barley harvest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

before the Lord: 2 Samuel 21:6, 2 Samuel 6:17, 2 Samuel 6:21, Exodus 20:5, Numbers 35:31-34, Deuteronomy 21:1-9, 1 Samuel 15:33, 2 Kings 24:3, 2 Kings 24:4

in the beginning: This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or 21st of March Ruth 1:22

Reciprocal: Numbers 25:4 - and hang Deuteronomy 21:22 - thou hang Joshua 10:26 - hanged 2 Samuel 4:12 - hanged 2 Samuel 21:10 - from the Esther 9:13 - let Haman's ten sons be hanged Psalms 109:14 - Let the Jonah 1:15 - they Galatians 3:13 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.

Genesis 17:20
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 21:1
The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said and did for her what he had promised.

Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac, the son Sarah gave birth to.

Genesis 21:5
Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born.

Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:13
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too."

Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:23
So make a promise to me here before God that you will be fair with me and my children and my descendants. Be kind to me and to this land where you have lived as a stranger—as kind as I have been to you."

Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, "I promise."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites,.... The two sons of Rizpah and the five sons of Merab, two sons of Saul and five grandsons:

and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord; in the hill at Gibeah, that they might be seen by all that passed by, and serve to deter from such evils, which brought on them that punishment; gibbetings or crucifixions were commonly made on hills and mountains l: the phrase, "before the Lord", is either the same as "unto the Lord", 2 Samuel 21:6; to make atonement to the Lord, and in his sight; or it denotes that it was done publicly before the sun, and in the sight of it; for it cannot mean before the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence, for that was not there:

and they fell [all] seven together; they were hanged together, and died at one and the same time:

and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], in the beginning of barley harvest; which began at the passover, the morrow after the first day of the feast, Leviticus 23:10; which was the sixteenth of Nisan, on which day, the Jews say m, these men were hanged, and which must be about the beginning of our April.

l Vid. Lipsium de Cruce, l. 3. c. 13. m Bemidbar Rabba, fol. 190. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the first days - The barley harvest (about the middle or toward the end of April) was earlier than the wheat harvest Exodus 9:31; Ruth 1:22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 21:9. In the beginning of barley harvest. — This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or the 21st of March.