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A famine arises which David blames on Saul for having put many of the Gibeonites to death. David asks the Gibeonites what he should do as atonement, and they ask to dismember seven men from among Saul's descendants on Yahweh's mountain. David gives seven of Sauls descendants to them, and they are dismembered. Rizpah, the mother of two of them, uses a sackcloth to protect the remains from scavengers, and so David collects the bones of Saul, Jonathon, and those of the seven, and buries them at the tomb of Kish. The famine consequently ends.
PEOPLE: David – יהוה YHVH God – Mephibosheth – Rizpah – Armoni – Michal – Adriel – Barzillai – Meholathite – Philistines – Ishbibenob – Abishai – Sibbechai – Saph – Elhanan – Jonathan, son of Shimeah
PLACES: Israel – Gibeah – Jabesh-Gilead – Bethshan – Gilboa – Zelah – Gob – Gath
RELATED ARTICLES: Saul – Gibeon – Amorites – Children of Israel – Tribe of Judah – Atonement – Jonathan – Aiah – Kish – Zeruiah – Hushathite – Jaareoregim – Bethlehem – Goliath – Gittite
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