1 – In verses 1-2, what wise thing did David do when he suspected something spirititual connected to the drought? What answer did he get?

What had Saul done to violate the covenant made with the Gibeonites? What may have been his reason?

2 – In verse 3, David asked the Gibeonites what solution should be done to make them whole again. What should he have done instead?

3 – In verses 4-9, What do the Gibeonites want? Why? Was this God's suggestion?

David's?

Why does David give them what they ask for? Why does he spare Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth?

Who is Rizpah? (see 2 Sam:3-7) Who is Merab? (see 1 Sam 18:17-19)

4 – In verses 11-14a, What did David do when he heard of Rizpah's vigil? How did David's action honor Saul and his family?

5 – In verse 14b, When did the people start praying? About what? What happened to cause God to respond to their prayer?

Although the sacrifice of these men for Saul's sin was the Gibeonite's suggestion, not God's, how does it prefigure Christ's substitutionary sacrifice for you? How should this influence your prayers?