2 Samuel 21:1

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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.During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

In other translations

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.During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

Hebrew words

וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961רָעָבra'ava famineH7458בִּימֵיbimeiin [the] days ofH3117דָוִדdavidDavidH1732שָׁלֹשׁshaloshthreeH7969שָׁנִיםshanimyearsH8141שָׁנָהshanahyearH8141אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310שָׁנָהshanahyearH8141וַיְבַקֵּשׁvayvakeshand he soughtH1245דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440יְהוָה סyahwehYahwehH3068וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶל־'el-because ofH413שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586וְאֶל־ve'el-and because ofH413בֵּיתbeit[the] house ofH1004הַדָּמִיםhadamim<the> blood<s>H1818עַל־'al-onH5921אֲשֶׁר־'asher-thatH834הֵמִיתhemithe put to deathH4191אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַגִּבְעֹנִים׃hagiv'onimthe GibeonitesH1393

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People and places

People: David, Saul

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