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Revision as of 11:27, 19 July 2020
Given the lack of information about what was perpetrated on the Gibeonites, we can assume that Saul's sons were accessories in the act of murder, and that David knew this. Verse 1 states explicitly that Saul's "house," or "household," was guilty. Biblical law explicitly states:
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin. Deuteronomy 24:16WEB
Greg Bahnsen:
"What we have is a case parallel to that of Achan in Joshua 7. There the nation was afflicted for an individual's sin, and ultimately the family of the individual was executed along with him (for they could hardly have failed to detect Achan's burying money and keeping war spoil in his tent). They were guilty, at least, of complicity with him." [1]
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- ↑ "Law and Atonement in the Execution of Saul's Seven Sons", Journal of Christian Reconstruction v.2 n.2, 142-143
