⁹ He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed their bodies on a hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death^(A) during the first days of the harvest, just as the barley harvest was beginning.^(B)

²² So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite,^(A) her daughter-in-law,^(B) arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest^(C) was beginning.^(D)

³ Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command,^(A) in order to remove them from his presence^(B) because of the sins of Manasseh^(C) and all he had done, ⁴ including the shedding of innocent blood.^(D) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.^(E)

⁶ let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed^(A) before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen^(B) one.”

So the king said, “I will give them to you.”

²¹ David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed^(A) me ruler^(B) over the Lord’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the Lord.