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let seven men from his sons be given to us, and we will ^(F1)hang them ^(C1)before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, ^(C2)the chosen of the LORD." And the king said, "I will give them."

But the king spared ^(C1)Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, ^(C2)because of the oath of the LORD which was between them, between David and Saul's son Jonathan.

So the king took the two sons of ^(C1)Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of ^(F1)(C2)Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the ^(C3)Meholathite.

Then he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they ^(F1)hanged them on the mountain before the LORD, so that the seven of them fell together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest at ^(C1)the beginning of barley harvest.