2 Samuel 21:1

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The Gibeonites Punish Saul’s Family

21 During the time David was king, there was a ·shortage of food [famine] that lasted for three years. So David ·prayed to [inquired of; consulted; ^Lsought the face/presence of] the Lord.

The Lord answered, “Saul and his ·family of murderers [^Lbloody house] are the reason for this shortage, because he ·killed [murdered] the Gibeonites.”