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2 Samuel 21:8-14 (AMP)

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⁸ But the king took the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite. ⁹ He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hung them up on the hill before the Lord, and all seven perished together. They were put to death in the first days of barley harvest. ¹⁰ Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell on them, and she did not allow either the birds of the air to come upon them by day or the beasts of the field by night. ¹¹ It was told David what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. ¹² And David went and took the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them up when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa. ¹³ He brought from there the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son, and they gathered the bones of those who were hung up. ¹⁴ And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son they buried in the country of Benjamin in Zelah in the tomb of Kish, father, and they did all that the king commanded. And after that, God heard and answered when His people prayed for the land.

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 8) What does God think about human sacrifices? He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed and exposed them

Definition(s):
Adriel (Ah-dree-el): the flock of God
Aiah (Eye-ya): vulture, raven; an isle; alas, where is it?
Barzillai (Bar-zil-eye): son of contempt; made of iron
Benjamin (Ben-jam-inn): son of the right hand
David (Deh-vidd): well-beloved, dear
Jonathan (Jonn-a-thann): given of God
Jonathan (Yoh-na-thann): given of God
Philistines (Fill-iss-tigns): those who dwell in villages
Rizpah (Riz-pa): bed; extension; a coal
Saul (Sawl): demanded; lent; ditch; death
Armoni (Ar-moh-nee):