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“David said to the Giv‘onim, ‘What should I do for you? With what should I make atonement, so that you will be able to bless Adonai’s heritage?’”–2 Samuel 21:3 So in verse 3, David gets right to the point and asks the Gibeonites… “‘What should I do for you?“ What’s David really asking here? Let’s […]

“The Giv‘onim said to him, ‘Our dispute with Sha’ul can’t be resolved with silver or gold; and we don’t have the right to put anyone in Israel to death.’ He said, ‘So, what do you say that I should do for you?’”-2 Samuel 21:4 Yesterday, I went to great lengths to explain that although the […]

“David said to the Giv‘onim, ‘What should I do for you? With what should I make atonement, so that you will be able to bless Adonai’s heritage?‘”-2 Samuel 21:3 David now understands the source of the famine. The 3-year-long drought wreaking havoc on his land was the ripple effect of what Saul did to the […]

“The king summoned the Giv‘onim and said to them — these Giv‘onim were not part of the people of Isra’el but from the remnant of the Emori; and the people of Isra’el had sworn to them; but Sha’ul, in his zeal for the people of Isra’el and Y’hudah, had sought to exterminate them…”-2 Samuel 21:2 […]

Alrighty, let’s get back to the story of the famine. David had inquired of the Lord why Israel was suffering three years without any rain. The Lord made it clear it was because of Saul and his household. Israel was under the curse of blood-guilt due to Saul’s unjustly slaughtering the citizens of Gibeon. The […]