1 And there came a famine in the days of David three years continually: and David consulted the oracle of our Lord. And our Lord said: For Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites.
1 And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites.
2 The king therefore calling the Gabaonites, said to them. (Moreover the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the relics of the Amorrheites: For the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul would strike them of zeal, as it were for the children of Israel & Juda.)
2 Then the king, calling for the Gabaonites, said to them (Now the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the remains of the Amorrhites: ¹and the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul sought to slay them out of zeal, as it were for the children of Israel and Juda):
3 David therefore said to the Gabaonites: What shall I do for you? And what shall be the expiation for you, that you may bless the inheritance of our Lord?
3 David therefore said to the Gabaonites: What shall I do for you? And what shall be the atonement for you, that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
4 And the Gabaonites said to him: We have no question upon silver and gold, but against Saul, and against his house: neither will we that a man be slain of Israel. To whom the king said: What will you then that I do for you?
4 And the Gabaonites said to him: We have no contest about silver and gold, but against Saul and against his house: neither do we desire that any man be slain of Israel. And the king said to them: What will you then that I should do for you?
5 Who said to the king? The man, that hath wasted us and oppressed us unjustly, we must so destroy, that there be not so much as one left of his stock in all the coasts of Israel.
5 And they said to the king: The man that crushed us and oppressed us unjustly, we must destroy in such manner that there be not so much as one left of his stock in all the coasts of Israel.
6 Let there be given us seven men of his children, that we may crucify them to our Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of our Lord. And the king said: I will give them.
6 Let seven men of his children be delivered unto us, that we may crucify them to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of the Lord. And the king said: I will give them.
7 And the king spared Miphiboseth the son of Jonathas the son of Saul, for the oath of our Lord, that had been between David, and between Jonathas the son of Saul.
7 ²And the king spared Miphiboseth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord, that had been between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 The king therefore took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bare to Saul, Armoni, and Miphiboseth: and the five sons of Michol the daughter of Saul, which she bare to Hadriel the son of Berzellai, that was of Molathi,
8 So the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni, and Miphiboseth: and the five sons of Michol the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Hadriel the son of Berzellai, that was of Molathi:
9 and gave them into the hands of the Gabaonites: who crucified them on a hill before our Lord: and these seven died together in the first days of harvest, when the reaping of barley began.
9 And gave them into the hands of the Gabaonites: and they crucified them on a hill before the Lord: and these seven died together in the first days of the harvest, when the barley began to be reaped.
10 And Respha the daughter of Aia taking a hair-cloth, spread it under her upon the rock from the beginning of harvest, till water dropped upon them from heaven: and she suffered not the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night.
10 And Respha the daughter of Aia took haircloth, and spread it under her upon the rock from the beginning of the harvest, till water dropped upon them out of heaven: and suffered neither the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night.
11 And the things were told David, which Respha had done, the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul.
11 And it was told David, what Respha the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 And David went, and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathas his son from the men of Jabes Galaad, who had stolen them out of the street of Bethsan, in the which the Philisthiims hanged them when they had killed Saul in Gelboe.
12 And David went, and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabes Galaad, ³who had stolen them from the street of Bethsan, where the Philistines had hanged them when they had slain Saul in Gelboe.
13 And he carried thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathas his son: and gathering the bones of them that were crucified,
13 And he brought from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered up the bones of them that were crucified,
14 they buried them with the bones of Saul and of Jonathas his son in the Land of Benjamin, in the side, in the sepulchre of Cis his father: and they did all things that the king had commanded, and God was made propitious again to the land after these things.
14 And they buried them with the bones of Saul, and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in the side, in the sepulcher of Cis his father: and they did all that the king had commanded, and God showed mercy again to the land after these things.
15 And there was a battle made again of the Philistians against Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philisthiims. And David fainting,
15 And the Philistines made war again against Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David growing faint,
16 Jesbibenob, which was of the kindred of Arapha, the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces, & he was girded with a new sword, assayed to strike David.
16 Jesbibenob, who was of the race of Arapha, ⁴the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces, being girded with a new sword, attempted to kill David.
17 And Abisai the son of Sarvia rescued him, and striking the Philistian killed him. Then sware David's men, saying: Thou shalt no more go forth with us into battle, lest thou put out the lamp of Israel.
17 And Abisai the son of Sarvia rescued him, and striking the Philistine killed him. Then David’s men swore unto him saying: Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, lest thou put out the lamp of Israel.
18 There was also a second battle in Gob against the Philistians: then struck Sobochai of Husathi, Saph of the stock of Arapha of the kindred of the giants.
18 ⁵There was also a second battle in Gob against the Philistines: then Sobochai of Husathi slew Saph of the race of Arapha of the family of the giants.
19 There was also a third battle in Gob against the Philistians, in the which Adeodatus the son of the Forest a broiderer the Bethlehemite struck Goliath the Getheite, the shaft of whose spear was as it were a weaver's beam.
19 And there was a third battle in Gob against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of the Forrest an embroiderer of Bethlehem slew Goliath the Gethite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20 The fourth battle was in Geth: in the which was a tall man, that had six fingers and six toes on each hand and foot, that is four and twenty, and he was of the race of Arapha.
20 A fourth battle was in Geth: where there was a man of great stature, that had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, four and twenty in all, and he was of the race of Arapha.
21 And he blasphemed Israel: and Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David struck him.
21 And he reproached Israel: and Jonathan the son of Samae the brother of David slew him.
22 These four were born of Arapha in Geth, and they fell by the hand of David, and of his servants.
22 These four were born of Arapha in Geth, and they fell by the hand of David, and of his servants.