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Their leader was Ahiezer son of Shemaah from Gibeah; his brother Joash was second-in-command. These were the other warriors:

Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth;
Beracah;
Jehu from Anathoth;

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28 Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa;
Abiezer from Anathoth;

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33 Azmaveth from Bahurim[a];
Eliahba from Shaalbon;

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Footnotes

  1. 11:33 As in parallel text at 2 Sam 23:31; Hebrew reads Baharum.

So let seven of Saul’s sons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord at Gibeon, on the mountain of the Lord.[a]

“All right,” the king said, “I will do it.”

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Footnotes

  1. 21:6 As in Greek version (see also 21:9); Hebrew reads at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord.

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.

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