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Justice Precedes Mercy
Commentators clarify that God's favor returned to the land after the execution of Saul's sons, not after their burial. The end of the famine, signaled by rain, was a direct response to justice being served for the Gibeonites. The burial was an act of closure and respect that followed God's appeasement.
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2 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Samuel 21:14
19th Century
Bishop
In Zelah: according to Joshua 18:28 a town of Benjamin. It has not been identified, but was probably near Gibeah.
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 21:14
17th Century
Pastor
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son
Together with those who had been hanged:
buried they i…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 21:10–14
17th Century
Minister
That a guilty land should enjoy many years of plenty calls for gratitude; and we need not wonder that misused abundance is punished with scarcity. …