³ The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of ^[a]Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite;

^28 (A)Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, ^(B)Abiezer the Anathothite,

³³ Azmaveth the ^[a]Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

⁶ let seven men of his descendants be delivered ^(A)to us, and we will hang them before the Lord ^(B)in Gibeah of Saul, ^(C)whom the Lord chose.”

And the king said, “I will give them.”

⁴ So the messengers came ^(A)to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the hearing of the people. And ^(B)all the people lifted up their voices and wept.