Study it in the app“There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of YHWH. YHWH said, “It is because of Saul and because of his house of blood, because he put to death the Gibeonites.””
There wasוַיְהִיa famineרָעָבin the daysבִּימֵיof Davidדָוִדfor threeשָׁלֹשׁyears,שָׁנִיםyearשָׁנָהafterאַחֲרֵיyear;שָׁנָהand Davidוַ דָּוִדsoughtיְבַקֵּשׁthe faceפְּנֵיof YHWH.יְהוָהYHWHיְהוָהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“It is because ofאֶלSaulשָׁאוּלand because ofוְאֶלhis houseבֵּיתof blood,הַדָּמִיםbecauseעַל אֲשֶׁרhe put to deathהֵמִיתthe Gibeonites.”הַגִּבְעֹנִים
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appearsseek God
To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.
Where else “yevakesh” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “damim” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “hemit” appearsGibeonite
Gibeonite: an inhabitant of Gibeon, a city north of Jerusalem. The Gibeonites were not Israelites; they remained among Israel because of the oath Joshua made to them (Joshua 9).
Where else “givonim” appearsThe Bible does not tell elsewhere of this slaughter of Gibeonites by Saul. The oath that protected them is in Joshua 9:15-20.
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2The king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel; they were rather of the remnant of the Amorite; and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, but Saul sought to strike them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah.)
