2 Samuel 21:13

and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. They also gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

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WEBBE

and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. They also gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

BSB

So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging.

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וַיַּעַל vai·ya·'al and he brought up H5927 מִשָּׁם mi·sham from there H8033 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עַצְמוֹת atz·mot [the] bones of H6106 שָׁאוּל sha·'ul Saul H7586 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 עַצְמוֹת atz·mot [the] bones of H6106 יְהוֹנָתָן ye·ho·na·tan Jonathan H3083 בְּנוֹ be·no son his H1121 וַיַּאַסְפוּ vai·ya·'as·fu and they gathered H622 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עַצְמוֹת atz·mot [the] bones of H6106 הַמּוּקָעִים ha·mu·ka·'im the impaled [men] H3363

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–14

That a guilty land should enjoy many years of plenty, calls for gratitude; and we need not wonder misused abundance should be punished with scarcity; yet how few are disposed to ask of the Lord concerning the sinful cause, while numbers search for the second causes by which he is pleased to work! But the Lord will plead the cause of those who cannot or will not avenge themselves; and the prayers of the poor are of great power. When God sent rain to water the earth, these bodies were buried, for then it appeared that God was entreated for the land. When justice is done on earth, vengeance from heaven ceases. God is pacified, and is entreated for us through Christ, who was hanged on a tree, and so made a curse for us, to do away our guilt, though he was himself guiltless.

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