1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them . 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days , in the beginning of barley harvest.
10 ¶ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 ¶ 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, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 13 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. 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
15 ¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword , thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. 18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
مقتل سبعة من ذرية شاول
1 حََدثَ جوعٌ أيّامَ داوُدَ مُدَّةَ ثَلاثِ سِنينَ على التَّوالي، فسألَ داوُدُ الرّبَّ عنِ السَّببِ فأجابَهُ: «ذلِكَ بسبَبِ الدَّمِ الّذي سَفكَهُ شاوُلُ وأهلُ بَيتِه حينَ قتَلَ الجبعونيِّينَ». 2 فدَعا المَلِكُ الجبعونيِّينَ وكلَّمَهُم. ولم يكونوا مِنْ بَني إِسرائيلَ، بل مِنْ بقيَّةِ الأموريِّينَ الّذينَ حلَفَ لهُم بَنو إِسرائيلَ يَمينَ الأمانِ، ولكنَّ شاوُلَ حاوَلَ إبادَتَهُم غيرَةً على شعبِ إِسرائيلَ ويَهوذا. فدعا المَلِكُ داوُدُ الجِبعونيِّينَ وكلَّمَهُم: « 3 ما أفعَلُ لكُم؟ وكيفَ أُكفِّرُ عَنِ الإساءةِ إليكُم فتُبارِكوا شعبَ الرّبِّ؟» 4 فأجابَهُ الجِبعونيُّونَ: «نحنُ لا نُريدُ مِنْ نَسلِ شاوُلَ ذهَبا ولا فِضَّةً، كذلِكَ لا نُريدُ أنْ يَهلِكَ أحدٌ في بَني إِسرائيلَ غدا». لذلِكَ قالَ لهُم: «ما تريدونَ إذا؟». 5 فقالوا: «شاوُلُ أرادَ أنْ يُهلِكَنا ويُبـيدَنا حتّى لا يـبقى مِنَّا أحدٌ في أرضِ إِسرائيلَ 6 فاعطِنا سبعةَ رجالٍ مِنْ بَنيهِ، فنصلِبَهُم أمامَ الرّبِّ في جبعةَ، مدينةِ شاوُلَ هذا الّذي اختارَهُ الرّبُّ مَلِكا». فقالَ لهُم المَلِكُ: «لكُم ما تُريدونَ».
7 فأشفَقَ المَلِكُ على مفيـبوشثَ بنِ يوناثانَ بنِ شاوُلَ بسبَبِ اليمينِ الّتي حلَفَها هوَ ويوناثانُ أمامَ الرّبِّ، 8 فأخذَ ابنَي رِصفَةَ بنتِ أيَّةَ اللَّذينِ ولَدَتهُما لشاوُلَ وهُما أرموني ومفيـبوشثَ، وأبناءَ ميكالَ ابنَةِ شاوُلَ الخمسةَ الّذينَ ولَدَتْهم لعَدرِئيلَ بنِ بَرزِلاي المَحوليِّ، 9 وسَلَّمهُم إلى الجِبعونيِّينَ، فصلَبوهُم على الجبَلِ أمامَ الرّبِّ فماتوا جميعا، وكانَ موتُهُم في بدايةِ حَصادِ الشَّعيرِ. 10 فأخَذَت رِصفَةُ بنتُ أيَّةَ مِسْحا وفرَشتهُ لها على الصَّخرةِ، مُنذُ بدايةِ الحَصادِ حتّى نُزولِ المَطرِ، ولم تدَعْ طيرَ السَّماءِ تحُطُّ على الجُثَثِ نهارا ولا وحشَ البَرِّيَّةِ ليلا.
11 ولمَّا سمِعَ داوُدُ بما فعَلَت رِصفَةُ، 12 أمرَ بنقلِ عِظامِ شاوُلَ ويوناثانَ ابنِهِ مِنْ عِندِ أهلِ يابـيشَ في جلعادَ، وكانَ هؤلاءِ سرقوها مِنْ ساحَةَِ بَيتَ شانَ حيثُ علَّقَ الفِلسطيُّونَ جُثَّتيهِما يومَ هزَموا شاوُلَ في جِلبوعَ، 13 وجاءَ بها مِنْ هُناكَ وجميعِ عِظامِ المصلوبـينَ السَّبعةِ. 14 ودُفِنتْ عِظامُ شاوُلَ ويوناثانَ ابنِهِ وجميعُ عِظامِ المصلوبـينَ السَّبعةِ في أرضِ بَني بنيامينَ بِصَيلَعَ، في مقبرَةِ قَيسٍ أبـيهِ، فتمَّ كُلُّ ما أمرَ بهِ المَلِكُ. وبَعدَ ذلِكَ صرفَ اللهُ غضبَهُ عنِ البلادِ.
محاربة الفلسطيـين
(1أخ 20:4-8)15 ووقعَت أيضا حربٌ بَينَ الفِلسطيِّينَ وبَني إِسرائيلَ، فنزَلَ داوُدُ بجُنودِهِ وحاربَهُم، ولمَّا تعبَ داوُدُ. 16 وهَمَّ يِشبـي بَنوبُ أحدُ الجبابِرةِ الفِلسطيِّينَ أنْ يَقتُلَهُ، وكانَ وزنُ رُمحِه ثَلاثَ مئةِ مِثقالٍ مِنْ نُحاسٍ وسَيفُهُ حديدا. 17 فأنجَدَهُ أبـيشايُ بنُ صَرويَّةَ وضرَبَ الفِلسطيَّ فقتَلَهُ. فما كانَ مِنْ رجالِ داوُدَ إلا أنِ استَحلفوهُ وقالوا: «لا تَخرُجْ معَنا إلى الحربِ لِئلاَّ تموتَ وينطفِـئَ سِراجُ إِسرائيلَ».
18 وجرى بَعدَ ذلِكَ قِتالٌ في جُوبَ معَ الفِلسطيِّينَ، فقتَلَ سِبكايُ الحوشيُّ جبَّارا اسمُهُ سافُ. 19 ثُمَّ نشبَت معرَكةٌ أُخرى في جُوبَ معَ الفِلسطيِّينَ، فقتلَ ألحانانُ بنُ يائيرَ الّذي مِنْ بَيتَ لحمَ أخا جِلياتِ الجتيِّ، وكانت قناةُ رُمحهِ سميكةً كنولِ النُّسَّاجِ. 20 ونشبَت أيضا معركةٌ في جَتَّ، شاركَ فيها رجُلٌ مَديدُ القامةِ، في كُلٍّ مِنْ يَديهِ ورِجلَيهِ سِتُّ أصابِــعَ، وهوَ أيضا أحدُ الجبابِرةِ. 21 فلمَّا أخذَ يتَحدَّى رجالَ إِسرائيلَ قتلَهُ يوناثانُ بنُ شِمعي أخي داوُدَ. 22 كانَ هؤلاءِ الأربَعَةُ مِنْ بَني الجبابِرةِ في جَتَّ، فسَقَطوا بـيَدِ داوُدَ وأيدي رِجالِهِ.
