II Samuel 21

vayehi ra'av bime david shalosh shanim shanah akhare shanah vayevaqqesh david et-pene Adonai vayyomer Adonai el-sha'ul ve'el-bet haddamim al asher-hemit et-haggivonim

There was a famine during the reign of David, year after year for three years. David inquired of GOD, and GOD replied, “It is because of the bloodguilt of Saul and [his] house, for he put some Gibeonites to death.”

vayyiqra hammelekh laggivonim vayyomer alehem vehaggivonim lo mibbene yisra'el hemmah ki im-miyyeter ha'emori uvene yisra'el nishbe'u lahem vayevaqqesh sha'ul lehakkotam beqannoto livne-yisra'el vihudah

The king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.—Now the Gibeonites were not of Israelite stock, but a remnant of the Amorites, to whom the Israelites had given an oath; and Saul had tried to wipe them out in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.—

vayyomer david el-haggivonim mah e'eseh lakhem uvammah akhapper uvarekhu et-nakhalat Adonai

David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make expiation, so that you may bless GOD’s own people?”

vayyomeru lo haggivonim en-[lanu] (ly) kesef vezahav im-sha'ul ve'im-beto ve'en-lanu ish lehamit beyisra'el vayyomer mah-attem omerim e'eseh lakhem

The Gibeonites answered him, “We have no claim for silver or gold against Saul and his household; and we have no claim on the life of anyone else in Israel.” And [David] responded, “Whatever you say I will do for you.”

vayyomeru el-hammelekh ha'ish asher killanu va'asher dimmah-lanu nishmadnu mehityatsev bekhol-gevul yisra'el

Thereupon they said to the king, “The man who massacred us and planned to exterminate us, so that we should not survive in all the territory of Israel—

(yntn) [yuttan-]lanu shivah anashim mibbanayw vehoqa'anum la-Adonai begivat sha'ul bekhir Adonai vayyomer hammelekh ani etten

let seven of his male issue be handed over to us, and we will impale them before GOD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of GOD.” And the king replied, “I will do so.”

vayyakhmol hammelekh al-mefivoshet ben-yehonatan ben-sha'ul al-shevu'at Adonai asher benotam ben david uven yehonatan ben-sha'ul

The king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul, because of the oath before GOD between the two, between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

vayyiqqakh hammelekh et-shene bene ritspah vat-ayyah asher yaledah lesha'ul et-armoni ve'et-mefivoshet ve'et-khameshet bene mikhal bat-sha'ul asher yaledah le'adri'el ben-barzillay hammekholati

Instead, the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons that Rizpah daughter of Aiah bore to Saul, and the five sons that Merab daughter of Saul bore to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite,

vayyittenem beyad haggivonim vayyoqi'um bahar lifne Adonai vayyippelu (shvtym) [shevatam] yakhad (vhm) [vehemmah] humtu bime qatsir barishonim (tkhlt) [bitkhillat] qetsir se'orim

and he handed them over to the Gibeonites. They impaled them on the mountain before GOD; all seven of them perished at the same time. They were put to death in the first days of the harvest, the beginning of the barley harvest.

vattiqqakh ritspah vat-ayyah et-hassaq vattattehu lah el-hatsur mittekhillat qatsir ad nittakh-mayim alehem min-hashamayim velo-natenah of hashamayim lanuakh alehem yomam ve'et-khayyat hassadeh layelah

Then Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it on a rock for herself, and she stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until rain from the sky fell on the bodies; she did not let the birds of the sky settle on them by day or the wild beasts [approach] by night.

vayyuggad ledavid et asher-asetah ritspah vat-ayyah pilegesh sha'ul

David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah daughter of Aiah had done.

vayyelekh david vayyiqqakh et-atsmot sha'ul ve'et-atsmot yehonatan beno me'et ba'ale yavesh gilad asher ganevu otam merekhov bet-shan asher (tlvm shm hflshtym) [tela'um shammah pelishtim] beyom hakkot pelishtim et-sha'ul baggilboa

And David went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh-gilead, who had made off with them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them up on the day the Philistines killed Saul at Gilboa.

vayya'al misham et-atsmot sha'ul ve'et-atsmot yehonatan beno vayya'asfu et-atsmot hammuqa'im

He brought up the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from there; and he gathered the bones of those who had been impaled.

vayyiqberu et-atsmot-sha'ul vihonatan-beno be'erets binyamin betsela beqever qish aviv vayya'asu kol asher-tsivvah hammelekh vayye'ater elohim la'arets akhare-khen

And they buried the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan in Zela, in the territory of Benjamin, in the tomb of his father Kish. And when all that the king had commanded was done, God responded to the plea of the land thereafter.

vattehi-od milkhamah lappelishtim et-yisra'el vayyered david va'avadayw immo vayyillakhamu et-pelishtim vayya'af david

Again war broke out between the Philistines and Israel, and David and the men with him went down and fought the Philistines; David grew weary,

(vyshvv) [veyishbi] venov asher bilide harafah umishqal qeno shelosh me'ot mishqal nekhoshet vehu khagur khadashah vayyomer lehakkot et-david

and Ishbi-benob tried to kill David.—He was a descendant of the Raphah; his bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and he wore new armor.—

vayya'azor-lo avishay ben-tseruyah vayyakh et-happelishti vayemitehu az nishbe'u anshe-david lo lemor lo-tetse od ittanu lammilkhamah velo tekhabbeh et-ner yisra'el

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid; he attacked the Philistine and killed him. It was then that David’s men declared to him on oath, “You shall not go with us into battle anymore, lest you extinguish the lamp of Israel!”

vayehi akhare-khen vattehi-od hammilkhamah begov im-pelishtim az hikkah sibbekhay hakhushati et-saf asher bilide harafah

After this, fighting broke out again with the Philistines, at Gob; that was when Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of the Raphah.

vattehi-od hammilkhamah begov im-pelishtim vayyakh elkhanan ben-yare oregim bet hallakhmi et golyat haggitti ve'ets khanito kimnor oregim

Again there was fighting with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, whose spear had a shaft like a weaver’s bar.

vattehi-od milkhamah begat vayehi ish (mdyn) [madon] ve'etsbe'ot yadayw ve'etsbe'ot raglayw shesh vashesh esrim ve'arba mispar vegam-hu yullad leharafah

Once again there was fighting, at Gath. There was a giant of a man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all; he too was descended from the Raphah.

vayekharef et-yisra'el vayyakkehu yehonatan ben-[shimah] (shmy) akhi david

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimei, killed him.

et-arba'at elleh yulledu leharafah begat vayyippelu veyad-david uveyad avadayw

Those four were descended from the Raphah in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his men.