4. The Gibeonites answered, “Silver and gold from Saul and his family are not enough. On the other hand, we don't have the right to put any Israelite to death.”David said, “I'll do whatever you ask.”
5. They replied, “Saul tried to kill all our people so that none of us would be left in the land of Israel.
6. Give us seven of his descendants. We will hang these men near the place where the Lord is worshipped in Gibeah, the home town of Saul, the Lord's chosen king.”“I'll give them to you,” David said.
7. David had made a promise to Jonathan with the Lord as his witness, so he spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul.
8. But Saul and Rizpah the daughter of Aiah had two sons named Armoni and Mephibosheth. Saul's daughter Merab had five sons whose father was Adriel the son of Barzillai from Meholah. David took Rizpah's two sons and Merab's five sons and
9. turned them over to the Gibeonites, who hanged all seven of them on the mountain near the place where the Lord was worshipped. This happened right at the beginning of the barley harvest.
10. Rizpah spread out some sackcloth on a nearby rock. She wouldn't let the birds land on the bodies during the day, and she kept the wild animals away at night. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until it started to rain.
15. One time David got very tired when he and his soldiers were fighting the Philistines.
16. One of the Philistine warriors was Ishbibenob, who was a descendant of the Rephaim, and he tried to kill David. Ishbibenob was armed with a new sword, and his bronze spearhead alone weighed about three and a half kilogrammes.
17. But Abishai came to the rescue and killed the Philistine.David's soldiers told him, “We can't let you risk your life in battle any more! You give light to our nation, and we want that flame to keep burning.”
18. There was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, where Sibbecai from Hushah killed a descendant of the Rephaim named Saph.