4. The Gibeonites said to him, “We have no concern for silver or gold from Saul or his household, nor is it for us to put any man in Israel to death.”He said to them, “What are you saying I should do for you?”
5. They said to the king, “Regarding the man who put an end to us and planned to exterminate us from the entire territory of Israel,
6. let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us, and we will hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen one of the Lord.”The king said, “I will hand them over.”
7. But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul on account of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.