21:1 During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. 2 The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, 3 because he murdered the Gibeonites.”
1 tn Heb “priest for David.” KJV (“a chief ruler about David”) and ASV (“chief minister unto David”) regarded this office as political.
2 tn Heb “sought the face of the
3 tn Heb “and the house of bloodshed.”