It took approximately 20 minutes to read these chapters.
In 2 Samuel 21 we see another example of the disobedience of King Saul. God sent a famine on Israel because Saul violated the covenant made during the time of Joshua. Joshua 9 tells about the deception of the people of Gibeon toward Israel and the oath that the leaders of Israel swore WITHOUT asking God. Years later Saul’s zeal to win God’s favor led him to attack these people. Atonement was required. Included in the “offering” were the lives of the sons of Merab, the older daughter of Saul who was offered to David, whom she bore to Adriel of Meholah (1 Samuel 18:19). This was not a human sacrifice to appease God, it appears to be rather, at least to me, an extension of the rights of the avenger of blood as mentioned in the Law, (Numbers 35:19) since King Saul had violated a covenant.
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