2 Samuel 21:6 (BSB)

let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

From 2 Samuel 21. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:6

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:1-9: Here I. Were are told of the injury which Saul had, long before this, done to the Gibeonites, which we had no account of in the history of his reign, nor should we have heard of it here but that it came now to be reckoned for.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 2 Samuel 21:6: Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us,.... They settled upon this number, either because they were seven, and no more of the Gibeonites, whom Saul slew, as the Jew say (i); two hewers of wood, two drawers of water, a keeper (of a synagogue), a scribe, and a servant; but perhaps the true reason was, they knew there were no more besides...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on 2 Samuel 21:6: Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul--The practice of the Hebrews, as of most Oriental nations, was to slay first, and afterwards to suspend on a gibbet, the body not being left hanging after sunset.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on 2 Samuel 21:6: 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]. (d) Of Saul's kinsmen. (e) To pacify the Lord.