2|Sam. 21:1a| inquired| 2|Sam. 5:19;| 1|Sam. 23:2;| cf. Num. 27:21
2|Sam. 21:1b| Gibeonites| cf. Josh. 9:3-17
2|Sam. 21:3a| inheritance| 1|Sam. 26:19
2|Sam. 21:7a| Mephibosheth| 2|Sam. 9:6
2|Sam. 21:7b| oath| 1|Sam. 20:8, 16
2|Sam. 21:8a| Rizpah| 2|Sam. 3:7
2|Sam. 21:81b| Merab| 1|Sam. 18:19
| Following two Hebrew MSS, which agree with 1|Sam. 18:19; other Hebrew MSS read, Michal.
2|Sam. 21:9a| barley| Ruth 1:22
2|Sam. 21:101| their
| Lit., them.
2|Sam. 21:12a| Jabesh-gilead| 1|Sam. 31:11-13;| 2|Sam. 2:4-5
2|Sam. 21:14a| responded| 2|Sam. 24:25
2|Sam. 21:17a| lamp| cf. Psa. 132:17;| 1|Kings 11:36;| 15:4;| 2|Kings 8:19;| 2|Chron. 21:7;| 2|Sam. 22:29
2|Sam. 21:18a| Then| vv. 18-22: 1|Chron. 20:4-8
2|Sam. 21:21a| defied| 1|Sam. 17:10, 25-26, 36