Saul's Descendants Are Put to Death
1 During David's reign there was a severe famine which lasted for three full years. So David consulted the Lord about it, and the Lord said, “Saul and his family are guilty of murder; he put the people of Gibeon to death.” ( 2 The people of Gibeon were not Israelites; they were a small group of Amorites whom the Israelites had promised to protect, but Saul had tried to destroy them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.) 3 So David summoned the people of Gibeon and said to them, “What can I do for you? I want to make up for the wrong that was done to you, so that you will bless the Lord's people.”
4 They answered, “Our quarrel with Saul and his family can't be settled with silver or gold, nor do we want to kill any Israelite.”
“What, then, do you think I should do for you?” David asked.
5 They answered, “Saul wanted to destroy us and leave none of us alive anywhere in Israel. 6 So hand over seven of his male descendants, and we will hang them before the Lord at Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, the Lord's chosen king.”
“I will hand them over,” the king answered.
7 But because of the sacred promise that he and Jonathan had made to each other, David spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul. 8 However, he took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons that Rizpah the daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul; he also took the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai, who was from Meholah. 9 David handed them over to the people of Gibeon, who hanged them on the mountain before the Lord—and all seven of them died together. It was late in the spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest, when they were put to death.
10 Then Saul's concubine Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, used sackcloth to make a shelter for herself on the rock where the corpses were, and she stayed there from the beginning of harvest until the autumn rains came. During the day she would keep the birds away from the corpses, and at night she would protect them from wild animals.
11 When David heard what Rizpah had done, 12 he went and got the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the people of Jabesh in Gilead. (They had stolen them from the public square in Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged the bodies on the day they killed Saul on Mount Gilboa.) 13 David took the bones of Saul and Jonathan and also gathered up the bones of the seven men who had been hanged. 14 Then they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in the grave of Saul's father Kish, in Zela in the territory of Benjamin, doing all that the king had commanded. And after that, God answered their prayers for the country.
Battles against Philistine Giants
(1 Chronicles 20.4-8)15 There was another war between the Philistines and Israel, and David and his men went and fought the Philistines. During one of the battles David grew tired. 16 A giant named Ishbibenob, who was carrying a bronze spear that weighed about seven and a half pounds and who was wearing a new sword, thought he could kill David. 17 But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's help, attacked the giant, and killed him. Then David's men made David promise that he would never again go out with them to battle. “You are the hope of Israel, and we don't want to lose you,” they said.
18 After this there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, during which Sibbecai from Hushah killed a giant named Saph.
19 There was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed Goliath from Gath, whose spear had a shaft as thick as the bar on a weaver's loom.
20 Then there was another battle at Gath, where there was a giant who loved to fight. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. 21 He defied the Israelites, and Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shammah, killed him.
22 These four were descendants of the giants of Gath, and they were killed by David and his men.
Omatimba aSaul a eta ondjala idjuu
1 Ndele pomafiku aDavid eshi pa li omido nhatu dondjala, omudo nomudo, David okwa konga oshipala shOmwene. NOmwene e mu lombwela: “OmolwaSaul nomolwepata laye li netimba lohonde, ye eshi a dipaa Ovagibeon.” 2 Opo nee ohamba ya ifana Ovagibeon ndele tai ti kuvo osheshi Ovagibeon kava li Ovaisraeli, ndelenee oshixupe shOvaamori. Ndele ovana vaIsrael nande ve va anena, Saul a hetekela oku va mana po mouladi waye omolwOvaisraeli nOvajuda. 3 Opo nee David ta ti hano kOvagibeon: “Ndi noku mu ningila shike, ndele ndi noku mu kwatakanifa nashike, opo mu nangeke noupuna oshitukulwafyuululwa shOmwene?” 4 Opo nee Ovagibeon ve mu nyamukula: “Fye itatu pula oshisiliveli noshingoldo shaSaul noshepata laye, ndele katu nepangelo okudipaa umwe womuIsrael.” Ndele ye ta pula: “Nye tamu pula nge shike hano ndi shi mu ningile?” 5 Ndele vo ova nyamukula ohamba: “Omulumenhu ou e tu mana po nokwa li e nomhangela oku tu hanauna po tuha kale po vali nande moshitukulwalongo shimwe shomuIsrael, 6 moludalo laawinya natu pewe mo ovalumenhu vaheyali, tu va endjelelife koshipala shOmwene muGibea shaSaul, omuhoololwa wOmwene!” Nohamba tai ti: “Ame ohandi ke ve mu pa.” 7 Ndelenee ohamba ya fila onghenda Mefiboset yaJonatan yaSaul, omolweano kOmwene, la li pokati kaDavid naJonatan yaSaul. 8 Opo nee ohamba ya kufa Armoni naMefiboset, ovana vavali ovamati, Rispa omona waAja e va dalela Saul, novana ovamati vatano vaMerab, omona waSaul, ye e va dalela Adriel yaBarsillai Omumeholati. 9 Ndele okwe va yandja momake Ovagibeon, vo ve va endjelelifa komhunda koshipala shOmwene, opo aveshe vaheyali va fya. Ndele ova fya pomafiku otete eteyo, nokutya pehovelo leteyo loilya. 10 Ndele Rispa, omona waAja, okwa kufa ekutu loshako nokwe li liyalela kemanya okudja kehovelo leteyo fiyo odula yokeulu ye va loka. Nomutenya okwa taataa eedila dokeulu diha wile kuvo noifitukuti ihe uye kuvo oufiku. 11 David eshi a shiivifilwa osho Rispa omona waAja, omwalikadi waSaul wopomunghulo a ninga, 12 David okwa ya a ka tale omakipa aSaul nomakipa omona waye Jonatan koonakukalamo muJabes shomuGilead, ava ve a vaka monhele ya lalakana muBet-San, oko Ovafilisti ve va endjelelifa mefiku linya Ovafilisti va dipaa Saul muGilboa. 13 Nokwa kufa ko omakipa aSaul nomakipa omona waye Jonatan. Ova kufa po yo omakipa aava va endjelelifwa, 14 nomakipa aSaul nomakipa omona waye Jonatan ve a paka moshilongo shaBenjamin muShela mombila yaxe Kis. Ndele va ninga ashishe palombwelo lohamba, opo nee Kalunga a fila oshilongo onghenda.
Ovatongolume vOvafilisti tava tewa
15 Ndele Ovafilisti eshi va homona vali Israel, David okwa ya pamwe novapiya vaye, ndele vo va lwifa Ovafilisti ndele David okwa loloka. 16 Omutongolumefule Jisbi-Benob, oudjuu weonga laye owa li eekilograma nhatu netata doshikushu, nokwa li e neongamukonda lipe moshiya, okwa diladila okudipaa David. 17 Ndelenee Abisai yaSeruja okwe mu kwafa, nokwa denga Omufilisti nokwe mu dipaa. Opo nee ovalumenhu vaDavid ve mu anifa ndele tava ti: “Ino ya vali pamwe nafye koita, uha dime po olamba yomuIsrael.”
18 Ndele omafiku okomesho pa li vali oita nOvafilisti muGob. Opo nee Sibbegai, Omuhusai, a dipaa Saf womovana vaRefaim. 19 Ndele pa li vali oita nOvafilisti muGob. Ndele Elhanan yaJair womuBetlehem okwa dipaa omumwaina waGoliat, ou Omugat, ou oshiti sheonga laye sha li shi fike pongala yomushi. 20 Ndele pa li vali oita muGat. Noko kwa li omulumenhu mule unene, e nominwe hamano meke keshe nominwe hamano omhadi keshe, omuvalu wado kumwe omilongo mbali nanhee. Naye yo okwa li womovana vaRefaim. 21 Eshi a sheka Israel, Jonatan yaSimei, omumwaina waDavid, okwe mu dipaa. 22 Ava vane va li vomoludalo lOvarefai vomuGat, ndele va dipawa keke laDavid nokomake ovapiya vaye.
