Verse 4

2 Samuel 21:4

King James Version

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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣/וֹ הַ/גִּבְעֹנִ֗ים אֵֽין ל/י לָ֜/נוּ כֶּ֤סֶף וְ/זָהָב֙ עִם שָׁא֣וּל וְ/עִם בֵּית֔/וֹ וְ/אֵֽין לָ֥/נוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְ/הָמִ֣ית בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר מָֽה אַתֶּ֥ם אֹמְרִ֖ים אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָ/כֶֽם
English Translation
And the Gibeonites said to him, "We do not have silver or gold with Saul and his house, and we do not have a man to be put to death in Israel." And he said, "What are you saying I should do for you?"
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Chapter 21 Context
1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the... Focus ↗
2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children... Focus ↗
3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the at... Focus ↗
4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither...
5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be... Focus ↗
6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of... Focus ↗
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’S oath th... Focus ↗
8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and M... Focus ↗
9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the... Focus ↗
10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginn... Focus ↗
11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. Focus ↗
12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-g... Focus ↗
13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered... Focus ↗
14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the s... Focus ↗
15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with h... Focus ↗
16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred... Focus ↗
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men... Focus ↗
18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibb... Focus ↗
19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a B... Focus ↗
20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fi... Focus ↗
21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him. Focus ↗
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his ser... Focus ↗