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And the Gibeonites said unto 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. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

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

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa:

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.

And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.

These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

In my distress I called upon the LORD, yea, I called unto my God: and he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry [came] into his ears.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under his feet.

The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.

Then the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid bare, by the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eyesight.

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried; he is a shield unto all them that trust in him.

God is my strong fortress: and he guideth the perfect in his way.

He maketh his feet like hinds’ [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.

Great deliverance giveth he to his king: and sheweth lovingkindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

The spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was upon my tongue.