2. Samuel 21 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

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Gibeonitternes hævn

1 Mens David var konge, blev landet ramt af en hungersnød, der varede i tre år. David søgte derfor råd hos Herren, som svarede: „Hungersnøden skyldes den synd, som Saul og hans familie begik ved at slå nogle gibeonitter ihjel på trods af, at Israelitterne havde lovet at lade dem være i fred.” 2 (Gibeonitterne var et folk, som ikke tilhørte Israel. De var efterkommere af amoritterne, men israelitterne havde med en højtidelig ed sluttet fredspagt med dem. Ikke desto mindre havde Saul i sin iver efter at styrke sit eget herredømme forsøgt at udrydde dem.) Da David hørte Herrens svar, sendte han bud efter gibeonitternes ledere 3 og spurgte dem: „Hvad kan jeg gøre for jer, så vi bliver skylden kvit, og I kan velsigne Herrens ejendomsfolk?” 4 „Vores mellemværende med Saul er ikke noget, hans slægt kan betale sig fra,” svarede de. „Og vi har ikke lov at hævne os på Israels folk.” „Hvad ønsker I da?” spurgte David. „Sig frem, så jeg kan opfylde jeres ønske.” 5-6 „Lad syv af Sauls efterkommere blive udleveret til os, for han gjorde, hvad han kunne for at udrydde os fra Israels land. Som straf vil vi slå disse syv ihjel og hænge dem op ved Herrens offerhøj i Gibea, Sauls egen by.” „Godt,” svarede David. „Jeg vil opfylde jeres ønske!” 7 David skånede Jonatans søn, Mefiboshet, fordi han havde lovet Jonatan at vise godhed imod hans efterkommere. 8 Men han udleverede Sauls to sønner Armoni og Mefiboshet, hvis mor var Ritzpa, datter af Ajja, og de fem sønner, som Sauls datter Merab^[1] havde fået sammen med Adriel (en søn af Barzillaj fra Mehola). (1.Sam 18,17) 9 Gibeonitterne dræbte så de syv mænd og hængte ligene til skue på offerhøjen for Herrens ansigt. Henrettelsen fandt sted ved begyndelsen af byghøsten. 10 Den sørgende Ritzpa, som nu havde mistet sine sønner, bredte noget sækkelærred ud på klippetoppen og satte sig der for at holde vagt ved ligene. Hun blev der hele høsttiden, indtil regntiden begyndte, fordi hun ville beskytte ligene mod gribbene om dagen og mod rovdyrene om natten. 11 Da det kom David for øre, hvordan hun på den måde viste sin sorg og sin respekt for de døde, 12 tog han af sted til Jabesh i Gilead for at få udleveret Sauls og Jonatans knogler. Byens indbyggere havde i sin tid fjernet ligene fra torvet i Bet-Shan, hvor filistrene havde hængt dem op, efter at Saul og Jonatan begge var faldet i slaget på Gilboahøjen. 13 David fik nu bragt de jordiske rester af både Saul, Jonatan og de syv mænd fra Gibea 14 til Zela i Benjamins land, og dér blev de alle begravet på det sted, hvor Sauls far, Kish, lå begravet. Alt dette blev udført på kongens befaling. Derefter forbarmede Gud sig over landet, og hungersnøden endte.

Flere kæmper blandt filistrene bliver dræbt

15 Engang, da filistrene var i krig med Israel, var David blevet helt udmattet under kampen, og da var det lige ved at gå galt for ham. 16 En af filistrene, en kæmpestor mand ved navn Ishbi-Benob af Rafa-slægten, havde et spyd, hvis spids var lavet af bronze og vejede over tre kilo, og alle hans våben var nye. Denne mand satte efter David og skulle lige til at slå ham ihjel, 17 da Abishaj i sidste øjeblik kom David til undsætning og huggede filisteren ned. Bagefter erklærede Davids mænd: „Du må ikke længere deltage aktivt i kampen! Det går ikke, at du bliver dræbt, for hele Israel er afhængig af dig!” 18 Senere, da israelitterne kæmpede mod filistrene ved Gob, dræbte Sibbekaj fra Husha en filister af den frygtede Rafa-slægt, en mand ved navn Saf. 19 Under en anden kamp mod filistrene ved Gob lykkedes det Elhanan, Jairs søn fra Betlehem, at dræbe en bror til Goliat, hvis spydskaft var på størrelse med en vævebom.^[2] (1.Krøn 20,5) 20 Og en anden gang, da israelitterne kæmpede mod filistrene ved Gat, var der en kæmpe af Rafa-slægten med seks fingre på hver hånd og seks tæer på hver fod. 21 Han hånede Israel, men Jonatan,^[3] en søn af Davids bror Shima, dræbte ham. (2.Sam 13,3) 22 Disse fire filistre, der tilhørte kæmpeslægten Rafa fra Gat, blev hugget ned af Davids mænd.

King James Version

1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, 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 . 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD' oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days , in the beginning of barley harvest. 10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land. 15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword , thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. 18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver' beam. 20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.