Let seven: As God accepted the expiation here demanded, we must suppose that both the enquiry of David, and the answer of the Gibeonites, were directed by some open or secret intimation from him.
hang: 2Sa 17:23, 2Sa 18:10; Gen 40:19, Gen 40:22; Num 25:4-5; Deu 21:22; Jos 8:29, Jos 10:26; Ezr 6:11; Est 9:10, Est 9:13-14; Mat 27:5
in: 1Sa 10:26, 1Sa 11:4
whom the Lord did choose: or, the chosen of the Lord, 1Sa 9:16-17, 1Sa 10:1, 1Sa 10:24; Act 13:21