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let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh. The king said, I will give them.
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A Solemn Act of Justice
Commentators stress that this event was not an act of personal revenge by the Gibeonites. It was a public, judicial execution performed "unto the Lord" to satisfy divine justice for a broken covenant. The use of the sacred number seven and the public nature of the act highlight its purpose: to restore justice and end the famine that resulted from Saul's sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Seven men - Seven was a sacred number not only with the Hebrews but with other Eastern nations (Numbers 23:1, 29), and is theref…
19th Century
Anglican
Let seven men of his sons. —The head of the house and his household were closely identified in all the ideas of antiquity…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us They settled upon this number, either because they were seven, and no…
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