2 Samuel 21:1 meaning and explanation
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.”
2 Samuel 21:1, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator introduces a famine lasting three years during David's reign. David seeks the face of the LORD, a phrase for earnest prayer and inquiry, and God answers with a reason: bloodguilt rests on Saul and his house because Saul killed the Gibeonites.
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