^{4 Ref} And the Gibeonites said to him, It is not a question of silver and gold between us and Saul or his family; and it is not in our power to put to death any man in Israel. And he said, Say, then, what am I to do for you?

^{5 Ref} And they said to the king, As for the man by whom we were wasted, and who made designs against us to have us completely cut off from the land of Israel,

^{6 Ref} Let seven men of his family be given up to us and we will put an end to them by hanging them before the Lord in Gibeon, on the hill of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.