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2 Samuel 21:1

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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ASV

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.

KJV

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.

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26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
רָעָב֩ra.'Ava famineH7458 →
בִּימֵ֨יbi.Meiin [the] days ofH3117 →
דָוִ֜דda.VidDavidH1732 →
שָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshthreeH7969 →
שָׁנִ֗יםsha.NimyearsH8141 →
שָׁנָה֙sha.NahyearH8141 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141 →
וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁvay.va.Keshand he soughtH1245 →
דָּוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440 →
יְהוָ֑ה סYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶל־'el-because ofH413 →
שָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlSaulH7586 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and because ofH413 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
הַדָּמִ֔יםha.da.Mim<the> blood<s>H1818 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-thatH834 →
הֵמִ֖יתhe.Mithe put to deathH4191 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַגִּבְעֹנִֽים׃ha.giv.'o.Nimthe GibeonitesH1393 →

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Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”Joshua 7:11–12Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,Deuteronomy 19:13You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.Exodus 33:7Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.Psalms 109:14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.Joshua 6:18But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.2 Samuel 21:5And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,2 Samuel 24:13So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.Genesis 26:1Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.1 Chronicles 21:12between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”1 Chronicles 21:7This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.2 Kings 4:38When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.Micah 6:9The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.Psalms 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

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