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2 Samuel 21:8-14 (NET)

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⁸ So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah's daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. ⁹ He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the LORD. The seven of them died together; they were put to death during harvest time during the first days of the beginning of the barley harvest. ¹⁰ Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, she did not allow the birds of the air to feed on them by day, nor the wild animals by night. ¹¹ When David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine, had done, ¹² he went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh Gilead. (They had secretly taken them from the plaza at Beth Shan. It was there that Philistines publicly exposed their corpses after they had killed Saul at Gilboa.) ¹³ David brought the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there; they also gathered up the bones of those who had been executed. ¹⁴ They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin at Zela in the grave of his father Kish. After they had done everything that the king had commanded, God responded 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):
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
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):
Zela (Zeh-la):