let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at (A)Gibeah of Saul, (B)the chosen of the Lord.” And the king said, “I will give them.”

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of (C)the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. The king took the two sons of (D)Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab[a] the daughter of Saul, whom (E)she bore to (F)Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Michal

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