2Sa 21:8-11 | NASB2020 | STEP | So the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah , Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul , and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul , whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite .

2 Samuel 21:8-11

8 So the king took the two sons of ^aRizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of ^{▼▼As in some ancient versions and two Heb mss; MT Michal
,} ^cMerab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the ^dMeholathite. 9 Then he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they ^{▼▼Or exposed them}hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, so that the seven of them fell together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest at ^fthe beginning of barley harvest.

10 ^gAnd Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until ^{▼▼Lit water gushed forth}it rained on them from the sky; and ⁱshe ^{▼▼Lit gave}allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the wild animals by night. 11 When it was reported to David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,