Discovery Box2 Samuel 21:6 
Context21:6 let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute 1 them before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, who was the Lord’s chosen one.” 2 The king replied, “I will turn them over.”
2 Samuel 23:1
Context23:1 These are the final words of David:
“The oracle of David son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man raised up as
the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, 3
Israel’s beloved 4 singer of songs:
1 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.”
2 tc The LXX reads “at Gibeon on the mountain of the
3 tn Heb “the anointed one of the God of Jacob.”
4 tn Or “pleasant.”
