And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. These conflicting views on Saul would continue long past the biblical era and into modern times. You are getting later and later in David's life here. Obviously, having seen what happened to Jericho and Ai, they knew God and Israel were serious. Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from heaven. They quailed at what they heard that Joshua and Israel had done at Jericho and Ai. They knew all the things God had stipulated about what they were to do when Israel was going to come into the land. The Gibeonites decided on a different strategy. Deep and long lasting trouble for both parties - both the Israelites and the Gibeonites - was the fruit of this clever, but calamitous deception. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.". This indicates that God was not pleased, whatsoever, with how this situation was resolved by David. However, the Gibeonites did. I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. With a careful reading and a bit of thought, you will begin to raise some questions. Deceit and delusion are powerful spiritual weapons of destruction but they pale in potency compared to the creative and edifying Word of God come alive by faith in believers' hearts! Today, I want to visit one of King David's lesser-known black marks, and draw some lessons from it at the end. We know that you said not to make a covenant with the people the land. It seems as though he was spiritually sleepwalking through this whole thing. This is certainly not the David of Psalm 34, where he wrote. Things were going wrong. Joshua 9:3-6 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, they worked craftily [remember that], and went and pretended to be ambassadors. The Gibeonites were a very shrewd bunch of people. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah. Web2 Samuel 21:1 Context. Does the devil have power to make us sick? The midrash states that when Saul learned of this, he was angry with his daughter and demanded of her: Why did you deceive me and let my enemy escape? God has torn the kingdom from you. Only in one sense, there was a fall of man, but certainly not in the traditional sense. And the king said, "I will give them." If we would go through Luke 21:7-12, we would see that Jesus gave His disciples indications of what would happen if the time of the end began. He is able to judge justly. Why were genealogies so important to Israel? But it appears at least 40, maybe 50 years in the past. II Samuel 21:10-11 Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from heaven. David did not come to this with any regal neutrality in the least. The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed. 2. Instead of warfare and bloodshed, their weapons were guile and deceit. II Samuel 21:3-6 Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? WebThe LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. In their poverty and slavery the bowed but ever proud Gibeonites refused financial and other forms of compensation for the attempted genocide on their tribe. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. "We don't want any money, for sure not Saul's money. And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit. Share Verse 1 did say that it was "Saul and his bloodthirsty house" who had massacred the Gibeonites. II Samuel 21:8-9 So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. WebThe Philistines decided not to attack D. God gave Saul three options to choose from as he went out against the Philistines. We are talking about the possibility of only two of the seven even remotely having any guilt in this matter whatsoever. After that, they had their problems at Ai, and figured out that Achan was responsible for that. He tried to come up with a compromise, and that was basically, "Whatever you want, you can have." One is God's judgment upon the actual person for the actual sin; the other is God's punishment that He has automatically put into the law that allows the effects to last for a few generations. Much later, King Saul ignored this covenant of peace and killed some Gibeonites. 6. If what happened against Gibeon occurred during Saul's reign, even if it was in the latter half, it would mean it was at least (if we are in the last decade of King David's reign) that the massacre of Gibeonites occurred 40 or 50 years earlier. It was common knowledge. King David is mentioned by name as a hero of faith. WebKing Saul later broke the treaty that Joshua had signed and attacked the Gibeonites. And we bear the guilt with them for that. I do not know when God through Samuel stripped him of the kingdom. WebNow, when they heard that the Gibeonites had made a special treaty with the Israelites they got very angry. One other thing: Samuel said that God is not going to go back on His word. & "Take heed that you be not deceived." They haven't been put in Kish's sepulcher yet. Web11 Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelek son of Ahitub and all the men of his family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. That is that he could have gone along with the Gibeonite's demands in order to get rid of seven possible contenders for his throne. That generation had begun to pass. He was far from God during this time. The world's arsenal is growing daily in material strength and sophisticated intimidation. That is the background on the Gibeonites, and their relationship with Israel. WebA famine lasting three years hit Israel during the earlier half of David 's reign at Jerusalem. WebThe consequences of Israels covenant with the Gibeonites were not short-term. 17 Then the children of Israel journeyed and came to their cities on the third day. Although he had peace at this time, I think he was worried because they just had two successive rebellions, and were almost to the point of victory over King David until they were eliminated. The two hints are that Saul and his house had a reputation for violence"Saul and his bloodthirsty house." THE STORY OF JOSEPH - 5. So let seven of Sauls sons or grandsons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord at Gibeon, on the mountain of the Lord.. Most people living in modern, Western culture better identify with flawed heroes, rather than perfect heroes. & "Take heed that you be not deceived." I haven't been keeping up on things. Throughout the Scriptures warnings of spiritual dangers are signaled by the flash cards of attention getting words like: "Take heed" or "Consider". Saul, after having disqualified Vote Up We don't hear much of the Gibeonites again until the reign of King Saul. King Saul would conscript them into the army, and off they would go in a bloodthirsty rage against somebody else. And that is why God heeded the prayer of the land. To all appearances, it seems that they got away with it. This could indicate that the sons of Saul were actively implicated in this attempted genocide, although we cannot tell for sure as the details of this awful event are not recorded. It says a bit later that somebody told him what that woman was doing out there protecting the bodies of the slain men of Saul's house for the past six months and it was as though he said, "Oh really? You do not know. There is more space given to David's flaws than anyone else in the whole Bible. Therefore, they arrive in the camp of Israel, and say, "Where's your leader? And Agag, he's a nice guy! You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. This was obviously later in his life and reign. Even so, maybe there were even worse problems, perhaps, and David was blind to them for three years. So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul; and the five sons of Michal [Merabsee margin of most Bibles] the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. Why was David so loyal to Saul after everything Saul had done to him? That is the bottom line. That is basically how it was. Saul agreed, and off he went. Skeptic turned believer, Catholic, father of 3, ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church. How far away was Gilgal from Gibeon? Saul's bones are still in Jabesh-Gilead. Then Gibeon was a mile or two more to the north-northwest. Hebrews 11 exhibits a whole chapter of men and women just like us who, despite their humanity and frequent foibles, fought the good fight of faith and were victorious in the end through the grace of God. God sees behind the scenes. Deuteronomy 21:22-23 If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Joshua 9:14-16 Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions; but they did not ask counsel of the LORD. One of them toward the end of this list is King David. Lets read about David avenging the Gibeonites in 2 Samuel 21:1-14: 1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. David asked. The Gibeonites left their mark on Israel's history in another wretched incident involving Finally, after six or seven months, the rains came in their natural cycle. Or as the Gibeonites said Saul consumed them and tried to destroy them a people Israel had entered into a covenant with 400 years earlier. No silver or gold from that house. But so did David. God told Joshua to get rid of all these foreigners in the land. And the LORD answered, "It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites." It is not the sin of Adam and Eve; it is their own sin. Ezekiel 18:19-20 indicates that guilt for sin is not transferable, but the consequences can often touch several generations. He enslaved them all, and made them wood cutters and menial laborers at the Tabernacle. To put it in a more modern time setting, a lot of people prefer Batman (the dark one), or Spiderman (the geek), to Superman for the very same reasons. THE STORY OF THE GIBEONITES - The chronicler, herewhoever he wasis giving us a big hint that David's attention was elsewhere for three whole years. Why did Herod like to listen to John the Baptist, who criticized Herods lifestyle? During Davids reign, the people of Gibeon demanded that all of Sauls children be put to death so as to atone for a severe famine. Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? If you read 2Samuel 21 carefully, it seems possible that Saul and his house may have been trying to get the Gibeonites territory. It is not pretty when we allow the people of the land to dictate to us. They wanted blood by putting to death seven male descendants to die for the crimes of that house against the Gibeonites. This is pretty clear. They got a couple of their men, maybe elders, and got them to appear like they came along distance. All it is, was, "We want blood, and anyone from the house of Saul will do.". After 7-10 years of war, David has solidified his empire Mar 2, 2022. David did all this, it seems, off the top of his head. I think he was distracted by all the cares of his office of being king. Over the years I've urged our Fellowship to check out, investigate and take to heart such biblical alarms. In reading the Psalms, on the other hand, we get an idea of just how grateful he was for God's forgiveness and grace, because I believe he was aware of just what a rotten individual he really was. King Saul (and his house?) WebSaul slew the Gibeonites, not simply as the son of Kish, but as the king of Israel, and therefore involved all Israel with him in the violation of the national oath; and hence, until the evil should be put away by the execution of the immediate offender or his representatives, all Israel must suffer. but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah. The Gibeonites achieved their short term goal - survival; but they paid a terribly long term price for it - virtual slavery! He had to plead to God for clearing and forgiveness, for cleaning up, because he knew it was not in himself to do that. God is not bloodthirsty, but He had told them what to do. But talk about your flawed heroes! And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. They knew! And we are supposed to be ready. There is less bloodshed, and there will not be much opportunity like in Gentile nations for these blood feuds to last for years and generations. Another group, however, argues that as God's anointed king, Lets be clear from the very beginning, David was kind to Mephibosheth for his father Jonathans sake (2 Samuel 9:1). Mephibosheth was only five ye Without checking out their story; without surveying the geographical situation; most of all, without consulting the Lord and waiting for His guidance, Joshua went impulsively ahead and signed a binding, lasting agreement with the Gibeonites. Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! And it would have been done quickly and easily. Psalm 34:4-10 I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. But, very few people can relate to sinless perfection. He realized how often, and how far, he strayed from God's way of life. He was endangering the whole army by being out there, an old man trying to fight like a young man. Jesus Christ should be everyone's ultimate hero. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Joshua realized he had been deceived, but he kept the letter of his covenant with the Gibeonites to let them live; however, he cursed and enslaved them as woodcutters and water-carriers. Saul later pursued the Gibeonites and sought to kill them off in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah. All they wanted, they said, was a peace treaty with Israel; then they would return to their distant home. In other words, we want them to be just like us. Saul tried to get back his throne from God by doing what he thought was right, what he thought was zealous for God, by getting rid of the foreignersincluding the Gibeonitesthat were among them. He then tells David that he can't marry Michal until he brings Saul 100 Philistine foreskins, thinking that David will definitely die in this attempt. The Gibeonites presented themselves to the invading Israelites, not as nearby neighbors, but as distant foreigners who lived in a far-off land. It was not just Saul, but other members of his family. I don't know a great deal about this particular segment of those biblical people called the Hittites. If you read Psalm 51 it is very clear that he understood his own makeup. 1. He did this "in his zeal for. Psalm 34:17-18 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. He sees the hearts of men and the hidden actions of men. However, this chapter drops a few hints about it. So this zeal may not have carried good connotations (cf John 2:17) it was not zeal for God but zeal for man, an ongoing problem with Saul. Perhaps those first two, Armoni, and Mephibosheth were old enough to have participated in the event. Those who believe that they can outsmart, outflank or in any way outmaneuver our Enemy through cerebral strategies are doomed to the slavery and destruction heaped upon Saul and the Gibeonites. So he said, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." You had only black and white television if you had television. Finally the light came on, and David said, "I had better ask what is going on here. And she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night. 2 Samuel 21:2 At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Throughout the centuries, the original Gibeonites continued to exist as a people, although King Saul schemed to destroy them. The Gibeonites, howev Something is wrong. God extends blessings far farther into the future than He does the curses. What should we get out of this? Let his blood be on us and on our children., Perhaps the Gibeonites are a type of the inclusion of the gentiles Romans 9:22-24. Something is wrong, David. Can we assume that God was in any way propitiated at the conclusion of this story? Why are they where they were? Why is it just now that you are waking up to this? Saul killed a lot of people. We had before that the episode with Amnon and Tamar. WebSaul kills the gentile Gibeonites (2 Sam 21) & banishes mediums in preparation for Tabernacle being moved from Nob to Gibeon. Was John the Baptist conceived via an immaculate conception? My reading between the lines concludes that King David was at a spiritual low point at this time. He was setting us an example of what we should be doing in a spiritual sense. It said earlier that they wanted them to be hung before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul. You didn't do it. They fell for it hook, line, and sinker, and they were stuck. Here are guidelines to help facilitate a meaningful learning experience for everyone. Report. It is not there in the Scriptures. The Gibeonites joined in the fight against the Philistines B. The Lord told them they had made a commitment to these people and they had to stand by it. This incident of the famine took place rather late in David's life. Community answers are sorted based on votes. Then they were able to pick up the pieces of their lives and move forward by the strength that God gave them to overcome and to grow, and to put on the mindthe characterof Christ. About two years ago, Barry Watson, our lone member in Namibia, wrote me an email message in which this incident was at the heart of it. (4:10). It takes into consideration things like accidental death, and premeditation. This is like offering them reparations for what Saul had done, and they replied that it was not good enough. Does the Bible encourage the practice of Lent? If we think that we have it all figured out, I am sorry, we do not. They are still there. Perhaps trickery will be better than war for us.". The Gibeonites were not Israelites, but the remnant of the Amorites, which Saul pursued from within Israel. David did not make any counter demands. So they performed all that the king commanded. Fifty years ago was 1957. * 1 Samuel 18:12 KJV And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. * 1 Samuel 18:15 KJV Wherefore when S God isn't very pleased that these bodies have been exposed for six months against His law.". But the consequences of their sinswhat it means to us; what happened because of their sinstill affects us today. Just tell me and I will do it for you.. WebWhich city did Saul destroy when he found that its priests had given David's men provision? Share In 2 Samuel 21, we read of the tragic repercussion that followed when King Saul didnt honor the covenant and murdered some Gibeonites. In some ways, the story centers around covenants or treaties, one made between Israel and the Gibeonites in Joshua 9, another between Jonathan and David in 1 Sam. (1) A three-year famine prompts David to seek God. He did not do a thing that a king or judge should do. But, they like the dark one because he is moody, and doing things not for quite the right reasons. Samuel turns away; Saul grabs at him and only catches his robe, and tears it. Why so? The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. Perhaps if I go and kill all the Gibeonites like Joshua was supposed to do, maybe God will let me back into the chair.". Then they answered the king, "As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the territories of Israel, "let seven men of his descendants be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose." What is meaning of 2 Cor. He allowed his actions to be dictated by the Gentile principle of retributionvengeancerather than God's law on such matters. He was not thinking spiritually. You cannot tell. This traditional doctrine, as heard in a Catholic or Protestant church, would say that this sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden rests upon us still. Why didnt Abraham bargain with God when it came to Isaac being offered as a burnt offering like he did when it came to Sodom and Gomorrah? Joshua kept his word to the Gibeonites even when it was inconvenient. Clarify Report It springs out when you are not ready. How much food did Jesus produce? It was as if David earlier said, "Let's just get this out of the way. Report, August 29 2022 For a relatively small group the Gibeonites drove a hard bargain and soon it was a done deal. This would be in the spring during or after the Days of Unleavened Bread. So he did to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they did not kill them. He just simply rolled over. Sheba's rebellion is in the previous chapter, II Samuel 20. We have all these things coming at the end time, which is very short. Jonathan. There was a great deal of turmoil in Israel leading up to this time. ( v.1 ) So God sent a famine to punish a kingdom for something that a former king supposedly did. Leviticus 26:18-20 And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. This was a long time ago. I want you to understand where Barry was coming from in writing the note. They agree to the death of seven of Saul's descendants. However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.". DESTRUCTION AND CORRUPTION When God called Saul to be king, Israel was on the verge of collapse. During the time of the judges, the Israelites had repeatedly turned away, lea fit into Creation? ", So David went out and said, "There are some things that have needed to be done. Eisenhower was still in office. The words "thirty" and "forty" are not in the original Hebrew. Gave 7 of Saul's sons to the Gibeonites. The last time Saul did swear not to kill David, Saul swore "by YHWH" not to kill david he broke it many times over since. DECEPTION AND COST We have examples of where that has happened, but he did not do that this time. Then, they went after Jericho, and it fell. I dont think it was a matter of God allowing the Gibeonites to put to death Sauls sons. Their special, if dishonest, dealings with the leaders of Israel gained them a notoriety that most of the tribes and clans of the ancient Mid-East never attained. (Mark 6:20). How many rebellions were there? He had a body of law that he could have referred back to and come up with a solution. He just let them walk all over him. For the Gibeonites, their wily guile and deception gained them survival and nothing more. In 2 Samuel 21:1-14, we see that Saul committed an awful crime, and this caused famine in Israel. Before she married David, Abigail had been the wife of _____. God said explicitly to destroy everything! Exodus 21:12-13 "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. It does not seem so. Now, if we would go through II Samuel 24, that even though David made a huge mistake in chapter 21, he did it right in chapter 24. So, it is very likely that these men were murdered both as retribution and as sacrifices to some pagan god to spite the God of the Bible, and therefore, Israel. Also, the Lord pronounced, It is a result of the massacre by Saul and welcome classification because Saul indeed destroyed the Gibeonites in the Bible. Other Translations for 2 Samuel 21:1 Discussion for 2 Samuel 21 View All And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?" He gets kicked down the societal ladder for his sin, and it takes three or four generations for the family to recover. So, give or take, 40 to 50 years have passed. It would have been the answer. This is a bit unusual. As we get to about verse 32 in Hebrews 11, Paul says that he does not have time to get to all the other heroes of faith that the Bible gives us. Even their empty wine skins were completely dried up and cracked. There is demotion. He just let matters continue naturally and let it rub in for another six or seven months. Or as the What is the meaning of the parable of the rich man and his manager? Perhaps the Scriptures are contrasting the faithless actions of Saul and his house in regard to the covenant with the Gibeonites, with the faithful actions of David in regard to the covenant with Jonathan. Gibeon was situated very close to Gibeah the home town of Sauls family. The Gibeonites merely asked for a mutual help pact that would guarantee not only mercy and aid from Israel, but protection from their common enemies. King David was probably huffing and puffing, "I can't lift this thing! A little further down, we read: II Samuel 21:2 . And the Lord said, There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death. 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and Who are the twenty four elders that John foresaw? They did what is recalled in verses 3 through 6 above. 3:6: "for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life"? Is there something I'm missing? This was history now. God sent the rain, it says specifically, "from heaven," verse 10, "in the latter rains," which is their normal cycle. He was distracted by the cares of this world, by the pulls of this, that, and the other thing, and so he gives in and compromises with the people of the land. We see in this little vignette that innocent people die; grief lingers forever; idolatry is committed; and the curse of famine continues; another harvest fails; and the land remains defiled; everything stinks of death. How did the spirit of God move upon the face of the waters in Genesis 1:2? In fact, look down to verse 15, II Samuel 21:15-17 When the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint. So, he spared Agag, and he spared a lot of the good stuff. WebThe Gibeonite Deception - Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these thingsthe kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites) they came together to wage war against Joshua and It does not matter. Yet, the Bible specifically says in Hebrews 4:15 that He was without sin. All answers are REVIEWED and MODERATED. WebThis points to their employment in the sanctuary; and possibly may shed some light on the massacre of the Gibeonites by Saul (2 Samuel 21:1). The Gibeonites presented themselves to the invading Israelites, not as nearby neighbors, but as distant foreigners who lived in a far-off land. What Saul did was commit another presumptuous sin. These are the two hints. No one killed king David. He died of old age, at the age of three score and ten (70 years). His son Solomon succeeded him. You might be thinking of Think about this for a moment. So, he kept his own covenant, but he did not go any further to figure out from God's law to know what should be done in this situation. Then we have verses 34 through 36. Wherever he turned, he harassed them. Please ensure your answer MEETS all our guidelines. Evidently, this is what Saul and most of his family was like, except Jonathan. The prophet Zechariah asks a question that is forever pertinent to all spiritual considerations and decisions: "For who hath despised the day of small things?" WebThese lists are not concerned with the Gibeonites at Gibeon, but with the Benjaminite group which came to settle at Gibeon in the course of time. If a person sins, he receives God's judgment for those sins. So Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live; and the rulers of the congregation swore to them. Whatsoever, when did saul attack the gibeonites how this situation was resolved by David their own.! 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