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2 Samuel 21:1
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David Avenges the Gibeonites

21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David (A)inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, “It is because of Saul and his [a]bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:1 Lit. house of bloodshed
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