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2 Samuel 21:14

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Samuel 21:14

Verse 14 of 22

Scripture focus

And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

2 Samuel 21:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:14

Theological / Devotional

Zelah. A town of Benjamin (Joshua 18:28). It has not yet been identified but was probably near Gibeah, the ancestral home of Saul (see p. 459).

God was intreated. 2 Sam. 24:25; Gen. 25:21; Isa. 19:22 for similar expressions. Because the text states that “God was intreated” we need not therefore conclude that David had followed God’s plan for atoning for Saul’s evil deed. The Lord might measure an act by the sincerity of heart that prompted it, even though He condemned the act itself.

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