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2 Samuel 21:8-14 (Basic)

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⁸ But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Saul to whom Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth; and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whose father was Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: ⁹ And he gave them up to the Gibeonites, and they put them to death, hanging them on the mountain before the Lord; all seven came to their end together in the first days of the grain-cutting, at the start of the cutting of the barley. ¹⁰ And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of t ¹¹ And news was given to David of what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, one of Saul's wives, had done. ¹² And David went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had taken them away secretly from the public place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had put them, hanging up the bodies there on the day when they put Sa ¹³ And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging. ¹⁴ And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers 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):
Barzillai (Bar-zil-eye): son of contempt; made of iron
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
Saul (Sawl): demanded; lent; ditch; death
Armoni (Ar-moh-nee):
Zela (Zeh-la):