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He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites.
Quest. How could David do this, when he had sworn that he would not cut off Saul’s seed, 1Sa_24:21,22?
Answ. Because he had special warrant and direction from God about it, who, as all confess, can dispense with men’s oaths and with his own laws when he sees fit. And that he did so here is manifest, because God was pleased with it, and removed the judgment upon it; whereas otherwise David had been guilty of the same sin with Saul, to wit, of the breach of his oath and covenant, for which this famine was inflicted.
See Poole "1Sa_24:22".
In the hill, or, in a hill, in or near Gibeah; in a conspicuous place, for their greater infamy, and for the caution and terror of others who should make any attempt upon the Gibeonites for the future.
Before the Lord; as a sacrifice offered up to God to appease his wrath; or, unto the Lord, as was said, 2Sa_21:6.
They fell, i.e. died; for so the word to fall is oft used, as Exo_19:21 1Ch_21:14 Psa_91:7 Jer_39:18 Hos_5:5; or were executed. The barley harvest was before the wheat harvest.