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sought the face of Yahweh

Here "face" is a synecdoche for Yahweh's presence. This means David prayed to Yahweh for an answer about the famine. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

because of Saul and his murderous family

Saul had killed many Gibeonites, and Saul's descendants are guilty because of this sin.

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeyear
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/face
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/saul
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gibeon
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death