2 Samuel 21:6-8
Revised Standard Version
6 let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them up before the Lord at Gibeon on the mountain of the Lord.”[a] And the king said, “I will give them.”
7 But the king spared Mephib′osheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord which was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Ai′ah, whom she bore to Saul, Armo′ni and Mephib′osheth; and the five sons of Merab[b] the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to A′dri-el the son of Barzil′lai the Meho′lathite;
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- 2 Samuel 21:6 Cn Compare Gk and 21.9: Heb at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord
- 2 Samuel 21:8 Two Hebrew Mss Gk: Heb Michal
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