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2 Samuel 21:8-14 (MSG)

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⁸ But the king selected Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons that Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, plus the five sons that Saul's daughter Merab had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite. ⁹ He turned them over to the Gibeonites who hanged them on the mountain before GOD--all seven died together. Harvest was just getting underway, the beginning of the barley harvest, when they were executed. ¹⁰ Rizpah daughter of Aiah took rough burlap and spread it out for herself on a rock from the beginning of the harvest until the heavy rains started. She kept the birds away from the bodies by day and the wild animals by night. ¹¹ David was told what she had done, this Rizpah daughter of Aiah and concubine of Saul. ¹² He then went and got the remains of Saul and Jonathan his son from the leaders at Jabesh Gilead (who had rescued them from the town square at Beth Shan where the Philistines had hung them after striking them down at Gilboa). ¹³ He gathered up their remains and brought them together with the dead bodies of the seven who had just been hanged. ¹⁴ The bodies were taken back to the land of Benjamin and given a decent burial in the tomb of Kish, Saul's father. They did everything the king ordered to be done. That cleared things up: from then on God responded to Israel's 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):
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
Gilead (Gil-ee-ad): the heap or mass of testimony
Jabesh (Jeh-bish): dryness; confusion; shame
Jonathan (Jonn-a-thann): given of God
Jonathan (Yoh-na-thann): given of God
Merab (Meh-rab): he that fights or disputes
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):
Gibeonites (Gibb-e-on-ights):