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וַיְהִי רָעָב בִּימֵי דָוִד שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים, שָׁנָה אַחֲרֵי שָׁנָה, וַיְבַקֵּשׁ דָּוִד, אֶת-פְּנֵי יְהוָה; וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, אֶל-שָׁאוּל וְאֶל-בֵּית הַדָּמִים, עַל אֲשֶׁר-הֵמִית, אֶת-הַגִּבְעֹנִים.
vayhi ra'av bimei david shalosh shanim, shanah acharei shanah, vayvakesh david, et-penei YHWH; vayomer YHWH, el-sha'ul ve'el-beit hadamim, al asher-hemit, et-hagiv'onim.
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said: 'It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.'