There was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, "It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death." Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Ammonites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.) David asked the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? How shall I make amends so that you will bless the Lord's inheritance?" The Gibeonites said they wanted to kill seven of Saul's descendants, exposed before the LORD. What does exposed mean? The king gave them what they requested, but he spared Mephibosheth. So the gibeonites were avenged. Do you think David should of given them that? You think God was pleased? I think if they were avenging blood, then that wouldn't of been wrong.
The philistines went to war against Israel. David and his army went, and David got tired. One of the philistines said, I will kill David. But one of davids men killed the man. After the victory, the men said, Never go with us to war again! You will only get killed. David sang a song of praise to God. (Psalm 18)
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