2 Samuel 21 and 22 open with a famine. David asks God why there is a famine and God says it is because Saul went against the Gibeonites whom Israel had spared. David gives seven descendants of Saul to the Gibeonites who kill them. He takes their bodies along with the bodies of Jonathan and Saul and buries them in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. God begins to bless the land again.

The Philistines go to war with Israel. Several descendants of the giants are killed by the Israelites. David speaks a song to God about how He has delivered David from his enemies.

In 1 Corinthians 9 Paul justifies paying those who preach the gospel even though he does not require this for himself. He shows self-discipline in order to win different people to Christ. Even though he is free he puts himself under conditions to keep from offending others and causing them to be closed to the gospel.