Discovery Box2 Samuel 2:1 
Context2:1 Afterward David inquired of the Lord, “Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” The Lord told him, “Go up.” David asked, “Where should I go?” The Lord replied, 1 “To Hebron.”
2 Samuel 21:6
Context21:6 let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute 2 them before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, who was the Lord’s chosen one.” 3 The king replied, “I will turn them over.”
1 tn Heb “he said.” The referent (the
2 tn The exact nature of this execution is not altogether clear. The verb יָקַע (yaqa’) basically means “to dislocate” or “alienate.” In Gen 32:26 it is used of the dislocation of Jacob’s thigh. Figuratively it can refer to the removal of an individual from a group (e.g., Jer 6:8; Ezek 23:17) or to a type of punishment the specific identity of which is uncertain (e.g., here and Num 25:4); cf. NAB “dismember them”; NIV “to be killed and exposed.”
3 tc The LXX reads “at Gibeon on the mountain of the
