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2 Samuel 21:1
New English Translation
2 Samuel 21:1
New English Translation
The Gibeonites Demand Revenge
21 During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord.[a] The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family,[b] because he murdered the Gibeonites.”
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- 2 Samuel 21:1 tn Heb “sought the face of the Lord.”
- 2 Samuel 21:1 tn Heb “and the house of bloodshed.”
2 Samuel 21:1
King James Version
2 Samuel 21:1
King James Version
21 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
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