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.”

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal. ¹ 

Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. ¹ 

He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the Lord. The seven of them ¹  died ²  together; they were put to death during harvest time – during the first days of the beginning ³  of the barley harvest.