“Em...God?” David said. “Why are we having to suffer through this terrible famine?”

 “It’s because I’m angry,” God replied sounding rather upset.

 “You mean you caused the famine?” David asked surprised. "But what are you angry about?" 

“Well, a while ago Saul killed a bunch of men from the town of Gibeah,” God said. “He wasn’t supposed to do that.”

 “I see,” said David. “Well then, I’d better ask the leaders of Gibeah what needs to be done to fix this.”

So David summoned the leaders from Gibeah and asked them what he could do to make up for the wrong done to them by Saul. The Gibeonites told David that they wanted seven people who were descendents of Saul so that they could hang them on a hill before the Lord.

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