2 Samuel 21:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. In the beginning of barley harvest - This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or the 21st of March.

2 Samuel 21:9

9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.