2 Samuel 21:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

Hang

In

1 Samuel 10:26

1 Samuel 11:4

Whom the lord did choose

1 Samuel 9:16

1 Samuel 10:1

Acts 13:21

General references

Genesis 30:31

Bible References

Hang

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He set his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from off you—and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.”

The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the Lord so that His burning anger may turn away from Israel.”

“If anyone is found guilty of an offense deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

He hung the body of the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.

After this, Joshua struck them down and executed them. He hung their bodies on five trees and they were there until evening.

I also issue a decree concerning any man who interferes with this directive:

Let a beam be torn from his house and raised up; he will be impaled on it, and his house will be made into a garbage dump because of this offense.

They killed these 10 sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. However, they did not seize any plunder.

So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

In

Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and brave men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

When the messengers came to Gibeah, Saul’s hometown, and told the terms to the people, all wept aloud.

Whom the lord did choose

“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over My people Israel. He will save them from the hand of the Philistines because I have seen the affliction of My people, for their cry has come to Me.”

Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it out on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t the Lord anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

Then they asked for a king, so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.

General references

Laban asked, “What should I give you?”

And Jacob said, “You don’t need to give me anything. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to shepherd and keep your flock.